SharkD wrote:
> On 11/19/2009 11:17 PM, Darren New wrote:
>> http://3laws.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/you-will-fail-at-everything-forever/ 
> An Energy Star rating for software maybe...
> I should write my congressman. :)

Is there actually a tangible difference in a person's electric bill (due 
to less energy actually being consumed) when they run a low-CPU program 
over the course of two hours vs. running a CPU-intensive program over 
the course of two hours?

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Nicolas Alvarez wrote:

> Some people said the world doesn't have enough currency to buy the needed 
> bad code offsets to compensate for the world's bad code.

Have you *seen* our project management system?!?

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Tim Cook wrote:
> Is there actually a tangible difference in a person's electric bill (due
> to less energy actually being consumed) when they run a low-CPU program
> over the course of two hours vs. running a CPU-intensive program over
> the course of two hours?

Yes. But don't tell my mom, or she will make me stop my 24/7 100% CPU usage 
(she pays the electricity bill).

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>> Is there actually a tangible difference in a person's electric bill (due
>> to less energy actually being consumed) when they run a low-CPU program
>> over the course of two hours vs. running a CPU-intensive program over
>> the course of two hours?
> 
> Yes. But don't tell my mom, or she will make me stop my 24/7 100% CPU usage 
> (she pays the electricity bill).

Last time I clocked it, having my PC running uses about 200W. So, about 
the same as two light bulbs.

The kettle, on the other hand, uses OVER THREE THOUSAND WATTS of power. o_O

(I also noted little or no difference in power usage between an idle PC 
doing nothing and the same PC with the CPU and GPU both maxed out. 
Although I have a bigger GPU now...)

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Invisible schrieb:

> Last time I clocked it, having my PC running uses about 200W. So, about 
> the same as two light bulbs.
> 
> The kettle, on the other hand, uses OVER THREE THOUSAND WATTS of power. o_O

... which you have powered on for how long each day?

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>> Last time I clocked it, having my PC running uses about 200W. So, 
>> about the same as two light bulbs.
>>
>> The kettle, on the other hand, uses OVER THREE THOUSAND WATTS of 
>> power. o_O
> 
> ... which you have powered on for how long each day?

The kettle uses more power in 1 minute than my computer uses in 1,000 
minutes ( = nearly 17 hours).

The kettle probably takes approximately 1 minute to boil, and with the 
amount of tea my mum drinks, the kettle probably burns through multiple 
kWh per day - my PC would have to be on 24/7 for a week or two to 
compete with that.

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> The kettle uses more power in 1 minute than my computer uses in 1,000 
> minutes ( = nearly 17 hours).

Bah it's winter, both heat up your house thus saving on heating so I 
wouldn't worry :-)

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>> The kettle uses more power in 1 minute than my computer uses in 1,000 
>> minutes ( = nearly 17 hours).
> 
> Bah it's winter, both heat up your house thus saving on heating so I 
> wouldn't worry :-)

Absolutely! Altough my PC heats the building more efficiently than the 
kettle, for at least the following reasons:

- The water's phase change from liquid to vapour uses a large amount of 
energy for a small change in temperature.

- The kettle is extensively insulated to facilitate rapid heating of the 
water. My PC, on the other hand, has special fan systems especially 
designed to *dissapate* heat. ;-)

I have noticed that within 30 minutes of turning my PC on, my bedroom 

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>>> Last time I clocked it, having my PC running uses about 200W. So, 
>>> about the same as two light bulbs.
>>>
>>> The kettle, on the other hand, uses OVER THREE THOUSAND WATTS of 
>>> power. o_O
>>
>> ... which you have powered on for how long each day?
> 
> The kettle uses more power in 1 minute than my computer uses in 1,000 
> minutes ( = nearly 17 hours).

YOU FAIL BASIC MATH! >_<

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On 20-11-2009 20:03, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>>> Last time I clocked it, having my PC running uses about 200W. So, 
>>>> about the same as two light bulbs.
>>>>
>>>> The kettle, on the other hand, uses OVER THREE THOUSAND WATTS of 
>>>> power. o_O
>>>
>>> ... which you have powered on for how long each day?
>>
>> The kettle uses more power in 1 minute than my computer uses in 1,000 
>> minutes ( = nearly 17 hours).
> 
> YOU FAIL BASIC MATH! >_<
> 
Or you are using a pocket calculator.

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