Re: OFF TOPIC Shrinking hard drives

2006-05-07 Thread Grimer
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

Re: OFF TOPIC Shrinking hard drives

2006-05-07 Thread Jed Rothwell
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

Re: OFF TOPIC Shrinking hard drives

2006-05-07 Thread Michel Jullian
- Original Message - 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

Re: OFF TOPIC Shrinking hard drives

2006-05-06 Thread hohlrauml6d
-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 ___ Try the New Netscape

Re: OFF TOPIC Shrinking hard drives

2006-05-06 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
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

OFF TOPIC Shrinking hard drives

2006-05-05 Thread Jed Rothwell
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:

Re: OFF TOPIC Shrinking hard drives

2006-05-05 Thread hohlrauml6d
-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

Re: OFF TOPIC Shrinking hard drives

2006-05-05 Thread Jed Rothwell
[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