Submission Summary: 0 pending, 32 declined, 4 accepted (36 total, 11.11% accepted)
Submission + - Junk Faxes
olddoc writes: I am having a growing problem with junk faxes. Unlike email, it costs me money when I get a fax so junk faxes really tick me off.
A while ago, I gave my number to a removal number and now I am getting more junk faxes than ever!
Does anyone know how to make them pay? What devious methods can I use to get even?
Can I sign up for a phone number that will drive up their costs when I call the toll free removal number?
What have other readers done?
Submission + - How many LEDs do you have on?
olddoc writes: How many LEDs do you have on in your computer room?
1-10
11-50
50-100
Can't see! Too much glare.
1-10
11-50
50-100
Can't see! Too much glare.
Submission + - How much power is used by distributed computing?
olddoc writes: I used to run Seti@home and Folding at Home. It was advertised as donating "unused" computer cycles.
My computers now idle at 175w and run at 225w under load (without GPU load)
I much prefer to put them in standby, but if I run these distributed computation programs
instead of idling, I use an extra 50w. After 20 hours I can generate 1 work unit and use up 1 Kilowatt hour.
For every 100 units I "donate" I've spent at least $10 in electricity; much more if I assume the computer would be
in a 5 watt standby state 1/2 the time.
I wonder if anyone has estimated the number of Megawatt hours Seti@home has used.
It would be interesting to look at the amount of coal burned and CO2 released for US based contributers.
French units are mostly nuclear powered and Icelandic would be hydroelectric and geothermal.
My point is that this research consumes an awful lot of electricity.
