Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 16:03:23 -0600 From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1016143406.b4e49c@mired.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1016137017.93980d@mired.org>, Paul Robinson <paul@iconoplex.co.uk>, "Nickolay A.Kritsky" <nkritsky@internethelp.ru>, Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>, Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.homeip.net>, Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: http://users.uk.freebsd.org/~juha/ Message-ID: <15498.34475.395754.932338@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <3C8A75A1.C567BB02@mindspring.com> References: <20020306191854.C2150-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> <3C86C11C.8A31C8BB@mindspring.com> <15494.52528.125952.145716@guru.mired.org> <3C86D7D6.C11D7E@mindspring.com> <15494.58407.33613.314390@guru.mired.org> <8457986570.20020307135407@internethelp.ru> <15495.57385.993281.469551@guru.mired.org> <20020308113108.G32897@iconoplex.co.uk> <15497.12783.643757.175742@guru.mired.org> <20020309144158.K32897@iconoplex.co.uk> <15498.28088.976841.7441@guru.mired.org> <3C8A75A1.C567BB02@mindspring.com>
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Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> types: > Mike Meyer wrote: > > In that case, you've got to purchase proprietary hardware to do it, > > and it's liable to be expensive. But wanting to satisfy your > > curiousity doesn't justify your stealing from other people. > He's right. Computers that are running software take more > electricity than those running the idle loop. This works > because idle loops aren't software, and because CPU cycles > cost money when you use them to do work, but cost nothing > when there is no work to do. > 8-). Assuming, of course, that they were running an idle loop, and not doing real work. People don't normally spend 8 figures on computers that they then let sit idle a lot. One other comment - how many of you who felt like you had to break into computers to gain access to them thought about simply asking for access? I tended to give it away whenever I could, and I know other places that had similar policies. For that matter, the university I attended seriously undercharged for CPU time, so you could buy lots of CPU time for not a lot of cash. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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