At 09:43 am 07/05/2006 +1000, you wrote:
In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Sat, 06 May 2006 02:41:34
-0500:
Hi,
[snip]
h...I wonder how many homes could be kept warm in the winter by all the
heat generated by computers.
[snip]
That heat is already keeping them warm. It means less use of
Frank wrote:
I'm sick a tired of pointing out to my scientifically illiterate
relatives that in the winter it costs nothing to run the
electrical devices in our house since thermostats automatically
turn down the electric heating.
Sorry to quibble, but in a house or office with only one
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From: Jed Rothwell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 4:38 PM
Yup. Gas heating or an electric heat pump are much cheaper than resistance
electric space heating.
Average COP of an electric heat pump must be about 3 isn't it? If
-Original Message-
From: Harry Veeder
h...I wonder how many homes could be kept warm in the winter by all
the
heat generated by computers.
Insignificant compared to the hot air generated here. ;-)
Terry
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In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Sat, 06 May 2006 02:41:34
-0500:
Hi,
[snip]
h...I wonder how many homes could be kept warm in the winter by all the
heat generated by computers.
[snip]
That heat is already keeping them warm. It means less use of other
sources of heat.
Regards,
Robin van
I use external hard disks to back up my computers. The other day an
old one bit the dust, so I purchased a new 120 GB unit for 175 bucks.
It is a compact model powered by the computer USB, so it is a bit
pricey. Here is a comparison to another 120 GB unit purchased a few years ago:
Old drive:
-Original Message-
From: Jed Rothwell
I use external hard disks to back up my computers.
We just settled on the storage system for the new MARTA IP video
network:
http://tinyurl.com/8tbjq
http://www.emc.com/products/systems/symmetrix/DMX_series/pdf/C1304_Symmet
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We just settled on the storage system for the new MARTA IP video network:
http://tinyurl.com/8tbjq
280 Tbytes for 30 days storage of 1000 cameras using MPEG4.
Power required: 30 kW. Plus 10 tons of cooling.
That's awesome!
You forget that all those video feeds
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