But a new study by SevOne gives a bit of hope by illustrating that the new way we think of data may make life a bit better for those hardy souls who spend their days toiling between the rows of machines inside the walls of the enterprise data center.
One wall shows a cutaway view of the inside - rows of fuses, fixtures and the like, while in the front Duane Merrill, a graphic artist for a billboard company in Tucson, shows electrical parts floating through outer space - light bulbs, sockets and a circuit breaker are shown against a background of a sphinx and some pyramids.
Until then, the people of Darfur keep pouring across the border, huddling inside the rows upon rows of straw and twig huts as the temperatures drop to near freezing at night.
"They have good material lives but they are empty inside," she said, sitting near the row of tents that is now home to the temple's 20 resident Taoists.
Opposite the row of photographs inside Mr. Jodha's installation is a stretch of shroud-like black fabric, behind which a row of 18 mannequins press noses and foreheads against the cloth.
Inside, past rows of folding chairs, another man is at the lectern, trying to strangle salvation out of an electric guitar.
Inside are rows of Humvees, tanks, cargo trucks and other vehicles easily visible from the street, some so close one could almost reach out and touch them.
Inside, three rows of seats carry up to eight people.
All you've got inside are rows of bunkbeds, a night stand and a stool.
