I Love FreeBSD!

KAYVEN RIESE kayve at sfsu.edu
Wed Jan 27 21:22:36 UTC 2010


On Wed, 27 Jan 2010, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:

> Charlie Kester <corky1951 at 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.

>
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