On 2008/02/20 14:14, Henning Brauer wrote: > * Mayuresh Kathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-02-20 14:07]: > > On Feb 20, 2008 5:52 PM, Henning Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > isn't your computer running on >>100 years old technology called > > > "electricity"? > > But that >100 year old technology used to be DC earlier, then it was > > converted to AC because of its inherent benefits. > > way over a hundred years ago, yes (except for some small irrelevant > isles like parts of new york if memory serves).
and, those data centres and telcos who have worked out that converting AC-DC-AC-DC (or DC-AC-DC-AC-DC when the power comes from something like PV cells...) is not the smartest thing they could be doing...
