From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 17 12:36:31 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3163A16A422 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 12:36:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.web-strider.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D9DB43D45 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 12:36:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id jAHCcwb43128; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 04:38:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Dinesh Nair" Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 04:35:57 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <437AD88C.8020504@alphaque.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 Importance: Normal Cc: Michael Vince , Peter Clutton , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Status of 6.0 for production systems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 12:36:31 -0000 >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Dinesh Nair >Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 10:58 PM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt >Cc: Michael Vince; Peter Clutton; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Status of 6.0 for production systems > > > >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. > In the tropics you are flooded with free energy streaming down on you all day long and your complaining?!?!? Please, search Google for the term "photovoltaic" and be enlightened. Ted