12-02-2009, 04:36 PM | #1 | |
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"As an educational institution we do not support the search for E.T."
http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/c...ng-seti-as-an/
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12-04-2009, 10:09 AM | #2 | |
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Okay, this:
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Typical sensationalist bullshit.
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12-04-2009, 12:21 PM | #3 |
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jesus christ what a moron. Coincidentaly i was running folding@home last night
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12-04-2009, 12:30 PM | #4 |
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While Ms. Birdwell sounds rather technologically uneducated, bandwidth does cost money.
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12-04-2009, 12:42 PM | #5 |
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Bandwidth is not the main cost, it's running the CPUs at 100% for most of the day. A modern CPU at idle might consume 60 watts but at 100% take 160 watts. That 100w difference times 5000 machines makes for a big jump in the electricity bill. At 10c per kW/hr, that's $50/hr. If they were running 20 hrs a day, he was costing the district $1000/day.
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12-04-2009, 12:49 PM | #6 | |
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12-04-2009, 12:50 PM | #7 |
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Did y'all read the part where he had permission from the previous administration 10 YEARS ago?
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12-04-2009, 12:53 PM | #8 | |
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