Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 14:58:20 +0800 From: Dinesh Nair <dinesh@alphaque.com> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: Michael Vince <mv@roq.com>, Peter Clutton <peterclutton@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Status of 6.0 for production systems Message-ID: <437AD88C.8020504@alphaque.com> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNOEMHFCAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNOEMHFCAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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On 11/15/05 12:23 Ted Mittelstaedt said the following: > Hmm - let's see now, where does this extra "wasted" power go? It > is turned into heat. Which heats your house. Which means you do > not have to run the furnace so much, thus saving energy there. that's a very geocentric view. for most of us who live in the tropics or on the equator where the ambient temperature is 31degC, the wasted power is really wasted twice: once from the PC, and once more thru higher airconditioning/cooling devices. -- Regards, /\_/\ "All dogs go to heaven." dinesh@alphaque.com (0 0) http://www.alphaque.com/ +==========================----oOO--(_)--OOo----==========================+ | for a in past present future; do | | for b in clients employers associates relatives neighbours pets; do | | echo "The opinions here in no way reflect the opinions of my $a $b." | | done; done | +=========================================================================+
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