I knew a guy in college who rented a house that didn't have any outlets with a ground plug. This became such a problem, he made his own ground by using a big m

I knew a guy in college who rented a house that didn't have any outlets with a ground plug. This became such a problem, he made his own ground by using a big metal pipe outside the house that was already deep in the earth, and running a wire from it to where he kept all his equipment. Then he used stuff like in that picture to make sure he could ground all his equipment.