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On 20/02/2010 13:07, Julian Hall wrote:
Can someone explain to me what the benefits of this are, apart from the obvious heating your house with PCs (and PS3's) running Folding at Home?Terry Hill wrote:The only downside I can see is that, while the computers are idle they're not using much power, however once they are all running F@H the power consumption will increase rapidly. I'm not sure either organisation would appreciate the increased electricity bills. Having said *THAT*, in the case of the NHS it is for medical research, so they could easily justify the cost under a research budget.On 20 February 2010 10:07, Grant Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: That's a cracking idea. The NHS should be doing this as well tbh.Julian
Doesn't seem very green to me (and no I'm not leaving my PS3 on to cook itself, I don't fancy a YLOD!).
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