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To: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com>
cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD hackers)
Subject: Re: No Thumbs??? (lack of concensus) 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 01 Dec 1995 15:36:09 MST."
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Date: Fri, 01 Dec 1995 14:57:57 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> Yeah but power is power.  If you dissipate 10 - 15W, it doesn't matter
> *what* is dissipating the power!  So, 2X would be in the 20 - 30W range
> (comparable to the tape drive).

Actually, you and I both know that's not true because we know that
power dissipation is only part of the equation.  There's also the
question of *where* the power is turning most fully into heat and how
effective your air conditioning (or other heat transfering
metal-to-metal contact) is at that point.

You're also assuming that the power dissipation specs for hard drives
can always be believed, something I actually have strong reason to
doubt in at least several cases.

					Jordan