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Comment Re:skeptical (Score 1) 206

by Friday on Thursday March 25, 2010 @12:02PM (#31611988) Attached to: Google Wants To Be Your Electricity Meter

Okay. So if you're concerned about that, only buy and install a monitor which has no disconnect or load limiting capabilities.

I guess the point really is that you don't get a choice. Your electric company decides what type of meter gets installed on the side of your house and what capabilities it has.

Comment Re:skeptical (Score 1) 206

by Friday on Thursday March 25, 2010 @11:15AM (#31611044) Attached to: Google Wants To Be Your Electricity Meter

The meters just clamp a detector around your main. They have no ability to shut off or modify your power.

Wrong. Cellnet's disconnect solution and Itron's CENTRON meter with disconnect capabilities and load limiting. Here's another solution from Aclara. There's more, but I got lazy grabbing URL's.

Comment Re:has the blocking stopped (Score 2, Informative) 677

by Friday on Monday February 08, 2010 @05:24PM (#31065258) Attached to: Verizon Blocking 4chan

Good call. Forgot that WiFi was connected since it's automatic. No Go on 3G

Comment Re:has the blocking stopped (Score 1) 677

by Friday on Monday February 08, 2010 @05:13PM (#31065068) Attached to: Verizon Blocking 4chan

Hmmm, I can hit it from my DROID...

Comment Re:This is the one to watch out for (Score 2, Funny) 170

by Friday on Wednesday April 01, 2009 @04:59PM (#27423743) Attached to: Instant Messaging Vulnerable To New Smiley Attacks

I more concerned with this one:

8===D (!)

Stay away from my @ss!!

Or it'll end up looking like this.. =(*)=

-- Never thought I get the use the goatse emoticon in a real posting ;)

Comment Re:Dish makes you pay $5 more per box that is not (Score 1) 123

by Friday on Saturday November 22, 2008 @09:17PM (#25861425) Attached to: Google to Track TV Viewers More Closely

I call BS! I have two receivers that have never been hooked to a phone line or the internet. The only $5 extra I pay is for having a second receiver on my account.

Microsoft, Google Battle Over Energy Efficiency 164

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday October 21, 2008 @05:45AM from the anything-you-can-light-i-can-light-cheaper dept.

1sockchuck writes "Microsoft and Google have opened a new front in their battle for global domination: data center energy efficiency. Just weeks after Google published data on the extreme efficiency of its previously secret data centers, Microsoft says it has achieved similar results with shipping containers (despite Google's patent) packed with up to 2,500 servers. The geeky benchmark for the battle is Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE), a green data-center metric advanced by The Green Grid. Microsoft says its containers tested at a PUE of 1.22, while Google reported an average PUE of 1.21 for its data centers, which apparently are also now using containers."

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