the shitty control room reminded me of the insight from a SpaceX insider:
* Elon didn't want to see computers, so we had to use mini desktops that are mounted on the underside of the table. Watch your knees.
* Wired keyboard and mice since you don't want to deal with dead batteries during a launch.
* We needed to use half-height PNY video cards to drive three monitors. Required weird breakout cables. (
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/625342-REG/PNY_Technologies_030_0230_000_VHDCI_to_4x_DVI_D.html)
* Elon picked those monitors based on about 5 different ones I ordered. He picked the one with a weird resolution (I don't remember exactly). That resolution was different from just about every other monitor at SpaceX that ran the same software. Since the software doesn't resize with resolution we occasionally had to change the GUI to work in that room.
* The ceiling of this room is the floor of the 3rd floor. The 3rd floor used to be the garage, so every time someone drove their car the projectors would wobble.
