Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:28:54 -0800 From: james michael <jamesthefishy@gmail.com> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I Love FreeBSD! Message-ID: <4B60DA46.8060605@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOC.4.64.1001271321460.7168@libra.sfsu.edu> References: <4B5BB3F3.1070205@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> <BAY113-W32C3A9985609828FACECE9A15E0@phx.gbl> <4B5FA07A.2020906@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> <a534c7c31001270141u5ba34860sddea19c6cb38c4e4@mail.gmail.com> <4B600F50.1060204@gmail.com> <20100127104652.GJ12145@comcast.net> <86aavzkaka.fsf@ds4.des.no> <Pine.SOC.4.64.1001271321460.7168@libra.sfsu.edu>
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KAYVEN RIESE wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jan 2010, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > >> Charlie Kester <corky1951@comcast.net> 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"
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