From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 28 00:28:56 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 1615A106568F for ; Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:28:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamesthefishy@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f199.google.com (mail-iw0-f199.google.com [209.85.223.199]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C35678FC15 for ; Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:28:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn37 with SMTP id 37so161926iwn.30 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:28:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id :disposition-notification-to:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type; bh=M06UuycqjRV2sesqBdKpJDwc8ZjRsDEWAyyCJPau+J0=; b=oKsCgxiroyWM1CtLACCZiz7umwqZF4GFMlgZs7visAbZcNksIVgZNlPLTtkKhspzjl GDblN6Y1JdkGcnzjMtS7qvEilGFruKsb2zH3NFKFiapa3oR7XtxD/DbrjrSqzoOdulyW 5dYU2PU0iRrcZaK/WZU7HLVzTCpkBobT3Xf8Y= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:disposition-notification-to:date:from:user-agent :mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type; b=Pp+PO6ic0XqQ3zByBsKZnnhz6iEAb7ZxGgTk9gdm1XwGC/k5snL2PxQbJ4vsHA2zOo Bcjawds8l1OjZzIRtF/k8V7FkgET0K8lXpnlH1ppmVrsJoGDBgDoqnfPSoCzquxCagBK +UCuwU0DHA+YMW2wXbJrY01ccEY/foYlARxQw= Received: by 10.231.145.196 with SMTP id e4mr1238282ibv.54.1264638534965; Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:28:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from kapoca.mjbrune.org (c-98-203-159-70.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [98.203.159.70]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 20sm329186iwn.1.2010.01.27.16.28.53 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:28:54 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B60DA46.8060605@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:28:54 -0800 From: james michael User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090706) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org References: <4B5BB3F3.1070205@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> <4B5FA07A.2020906@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> <4B600F50.1060204@gmail.com> <20100127104652.GJ12145@comcast.net> <86aavzkaka.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 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: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:28:56 -0000 KAYVEN RIESE wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jan 2010, Dag-Erling Smørgrav 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) > > "per unit consumed," but I guess you need a server farm to consume > enough power to get the same effect? Maybe a server garden. Well I have one room with 3 i386 machines. ranging from p2-p4 with only single cores. I have trapped my room off of my houses heat and have been happy with the combination of: heat that drifts in from the hallway to my room, body heat and electronic heat given off of these computers, a TV, a printer and a router. Rarely I use my laptop in my room as well but its never used for heat. My room is usually about 65-70 degrees and ignoring the fact that the house has a natural gas heater, if it had electric I would be saving money by keeping my heat off and my computers on, as my computers are always on, when ever I feel cold i either deal with it, put more clothes on or cuddle up with the wife. It's not a bad way to live at all. With the fact that the house has natural gas, it does save heat because my computers would be on anyways. This way I benefit from them more. > >> >> DES >> -- >> Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@des.no >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > *----------------------------------------------------------* > Kayven Riese, BSCS, MS (Physiology and Biophysics) > (415) 902 5513 cellular > http://kayve.net > Webmaster http://ChessYoga.org > *----------------------------------------------------------* > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"