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- scaaven2, on 01/29/2008, -18/+158Author doesn't realize that pegging your CPU at 100% to model climate change wastes MUCH more energy than leaving it idle.
- inactive, on 01/29/2008, -8/+116I keep a couple plants around my PC. That should take care of any CO2 emissions it produces... Suck it hippies
- inactive, on 01/29/2008, -12/+76"We all know that leaving your computer on 24/7 will release up to 1,500 pounds of CO2 into the atmosphere every year."
...ORLY!? - Chompy, on 01/29/2008, -10/+63Unless the box is busy overnight/while you're at work, just turn the damn thing off. Is it really killing you to wait 30-60 seconds for a cold boot?
- inactive, on 01/29/2008, -3/+39If computers produced Co2, home offices would be death traps.
- Narcism, on 01/29/2008, -1/+33Robitussin
- J3553, on 01/29/2008, -12/+40oh christ... can i still fart?
- steveboutin, on 01/29/2008, -4/+31i'm having a little trouble finding the exhaust pipe on the back of my system...
- RustyJ, on 01/29/2008, -7/+31SETI@Home?
Trees@Home? - inactive, on 01/29/2008, -10/+32Stop climate change??? That statement is complete gibberish.. The climate isn't static. It never has been.. the static climate theory was thrown out over 100 years ago. And yes I have a degree in this.
- coldcarbon, on 01/29/2008, -1/+21it's not a pair of jeans.
- ZephyrNinety, on 01/29/2008, -7/+25If you gotta leave it on, leave it on. *COUGH* *TORRENTS* If it take so long to boot up that you don't like to turn it off, get a new computer!
- Zera, on 01/29/2008, -0/+18Here are some actual facts which are published by AMD and Intel..... Modern processors use about 70% of their max consumption in merely being energized. At maximum CPU usage this jumps to 100% of a given processor's power consumption. The difference adds up to about 10-30 watts depending on your processor, and that's 10-30 watts compared with the 200-400 your PC and monitor are always consuming anyways.
Compare Typical to Maximum: http://users.erols.com/chare/elec_pentium.htm - colto, on 01/29/2008, -0/+17Not to mention the productivity increase from having Digg unaccessible.
- Ajajadude, on 01/29/2008, -1/+18Some of us have processes running during idle times.
- doctechnical, on 01/29/2008, -2/+18Only after you've paid for methane credits.
- BeyondALL, on 01/29/2008, -0/+13My computer runs on hydropower, other people use nuclearpower..
Those of you crunching 010101s on coal, log off now! - galleryfront, on 01/29/2008, -2/+15All I wanted to do was read this article. The digg effect pissed me off, so I'm going to shut off my computer now.... take that!
- Zera, on 01/29/2008, -0/+12Hate to break it to you, but science always trumps anecdotal observation.
- Stupidumb, on 01/29/2008, -0/+12I don't know what you screwed up, but you screwed up.
- ChildeRoland420, on 01/29/2008, -0/+11I have a feeling that no matter how powerful your computer is, running this software will NOT take CO2 out of the atmosphere.
- kevlarbaboon, on 01/29/2008, -1/+12...says the guy who spelled Windows with the number three.
- manfrin, on 01/29/2008, -24/+35You must be a happy person. I mean, ignorance is bliss, right?
- renegadeafk, on 01/29/2008, -0/+10no...
If your windows is so unstable you have to reboot daily, you ***** it up pretty good. - and303, on 01/29/2008, -1/+11Not too much common sense here. Many newer machines have things like "SpeedStep Technology" that actually decrease the cycles-per-second (aka power consumption) of the CPU. Furthermore, unless you purposely change the settings, your hard drives shut down after so many minutes of idle use by default. So by using this program you'd essentially be nullifying all of the power saving features that your computer manufacturer proudly developed.
There are "green" power supplies on the market now that supposedly decrease power consumption by a significant amount. Seems smarter to start there or use sleep mode if you're concerned about your geekiness leaving a big footprint. - troymccluresf, on 01/29/2008, -3/+13There's also SETI@home and all those other BIONC apps, which I have running at home right now.
- falkonv7l, on 01/29/2008, -0/+9torrents.....oh yes, I had a brain fart on that one.
- getoffmybridge, on 05/05/2009, -4/+12I'll leave mine on and continue running the beta smp Folding@home client, thanks though. :thup:
- troon, on 01/29/2008, -0/+8Here, hold the end of my 25W soldering iron.
- centran, on 01/29/2008, -0/+8Folding@Home
- andywebb95, on 01/29/2008, -2/+9You can also shut your server down
Which looks like what happened with this site. - inactive, on 01/29/2008, -2/+9Click on the link that says each computer turned on for 24 hours a day produces 1,500 pounds of CO2 in a year for a good laugh.
- theheyes, on 01/29/2008, -1/+8No, an idle PC "wastes" energy. A PC running this process is not wasted at all is it? A PC sat there idle is going to waste the overheads anyway so you may as well give it something to do, even it if does draw a bit more power overall.
- physicsguy, on 01/29/2008, -0/+7Maybe you're both right: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/3869753.stm. But I've read other studies saying that humans are only contributing 6% maximum to the warming and all of the other planets are warming, including Pluto and several moons such as Triton.
It's true about the "Carbon tax" as well. When I first read plans for that I was actually speechless. Literally a tax on living. Governments will have it made. Even if you do believe we are responsible for the warming, a tax on life would not help. - Slovenian6474, on 01/29/2008, -0/+7We all know that 90% of statistics will release up to 400,000 lbs of completely made up conclusions into the atmosphere every year.
- Miche1987, on 01/29/2008, -0/+7Why digg him down? The ladies always tell me it gets hotter when my clothes come off.
...oh, who am I kidding? I'm on Digg. - doctechnical, on 01/29/2008, -0/+7By using electricity that's (more than likely) produced at a coal-burning plant.
- doctechnical, on 01/29/2008, -0/+7"Wake on LAN" is a wonderful thing.
- steveboutin, on 01/29/2008, -1/+7headon - annoying as a tv commercial, even more annoying as a digg comment.
- tbydal, on 01/29/2008, -2/+8[Citation needed]
- davidrools, on 01/29/2008, -2/+8yeah i've got 3 extra cores doing nothing right now
- J3553, on 01/29/2008, -0/+6maybe there should be extra taxes on foods that give you gas?
- LogicBomB, on 01/29/2008, -0/+6I even turn my work computer off every day. Some people here refuse to. They lock it and go home. I have it set so when I turn it on and log in everything I need for the day is up and running by the time I get back from getting coffee. Runs a hell of a lot smoother than these comps that haven't been reset in weeks as well.
- xtc46, on 01/29/2008, -0/+6they will eventually run the calculation's. It is more about time then money.
- KloroFormd, on 01/29/2008, -0/+6SETI... no thanks. I don't need to find out if descendents of Xenu are sending us messages. Folding@home can actually benefit us, though.
- inactive, on 01/29/2008, -1/+7 * At 1% concentration of carbon dioxide CO2 (10,000 parts per million or ppm) and under continuous exposure at that level, such as in an auditorium filled with occupants and poor fresh air ventilation, some occupants are likely to feel drowsy.
* The concentration of carbon dioxide must be over about 2% (20,000 ppm) before most people are aware of its presence unless the odor of an associated material (auto exhaust or fermenting yeast, for instance) is present at lower concentrations.
* Above 2%, carbon dioxide may cause a feeling of heaviness in the chest and/or more frequent and deeper respirations.
* If exposure continues at that level for several hours, minimal "acidosis" (an acid condition of the blood) may occur but more frequently is absent.
* Breathing rate doubles at 3% CO2 and is four times the normal rate at 5% CO2.
* Toxic levels of carbon dioxide: at levels above 5%, concentration CO2 is directly toxic. [At lower levels we may be seeing effects of a reduction in the relative amount of oxygen rather than direct toxicity of CO2.]
http://www.inspect-ny.com/hazmat/CO2gashaz.htm - Rikkochet, on 01/29/2008, -0/+5Pumping additional energy-consuming resources into "monitoring" climate change is just aggravating it even further. Distributed computing is a great idea but not as energy efficient as a single, purpose-built supercomputer running the numbers. Home PCs are getting great, but they still aren't as electrically efficient as a supercomputer - just look at the overhead in keeping additional fans running when the PC is idle or calculating versus a substantially more powerful machine running effectively and those home PCs being OFF.
But of course they can't afford CPU time for a significant computer that can handle that, but they can happily have everyone on their program chip in with their higher electricity bills. - Ajajadude, on 01/29/2008, -0/+5Odds are you're computer will need to be replaced before your CPU craps out on you from "overuse." I had a Gateway desktop for about 4 years running Seti@home and it never died. I have a laptop I used to run Boinc on for a year and half or so and I've had no problems.
- dafragsta, on 01/29/2008, -0/+5Sometimes when I do backups, I back up to DVD sized RARs with a 10% parity. RARs are a great backup medium because they allow for part of the disc to be rendered unreadable as long as it's under 10% of the set, but RARs also take a long time. A lot longer than your standard backup.
That's an entirely-too-legal and practical reason. As someone else pointed out, most people queue up their torrents before they go to bed so the bandwidth usage doesn't interfere with their gaming and web browsing. - darkane, on 01/29/2008, -2/+7Seems like Folding@Home is a much better (more important, maybe?) use of processing power. No amount of climate modeling, or the dire future it predicts, will get people to change their ways. The only solution for inspiring true, global change is to get green products that cost less than their polluting counterparts. You don't need to be a scientist to figure that out.
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