From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 27 12:39:45 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8018106566B for ; Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:39:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erich@ovitrap.com) Received: from nomoremozzie.com (nomoremozzie.com [67.212.226.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8404B8FC2C for ; Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:39:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.110] ([180.129.21.40]) (authenticated bits=0) by nomoremozzie.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id o0RCdYkd012314; Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:39:36 -0700 From: Erich Dollansky Organization: ALO Green Technology Pte Ltd To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:39:20 +0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <4B5BB3F3.1070205@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> <20100127104652.GJ12145@comcast.net> <86aavzkaka.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <86aavzkaka.fsf@ds4.des.no> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <201001272039.23424.erich@ovitrap.com> Cc: Dag-Erling =?utf-8?q?Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= Subject: Re: I Love FreeBSD! X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:39:45 -0000 Hi, On 27 January 2010 pm 20:16:05 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav wrote: > Charlie Kester writes: > > Not the cheapest way to heat a room, but it's probably the > > most fun! > > Elementary thermodynamics: a computer and an electric heater > produce the exact same amount of heat per unit of electrical > power consumed (modulo energy transmitted outside the room over > wireless or wired network, but that's a vanishingly small > amount) burning wood, oil or gas is in most regions cheaper than=20 electricity which is most likely produced out of the same fuel=20 but all the losses during generation and transport reduce its=20 effectiveness dramatically. Erich