Matt, I heard that Nathan Myhrvold (of Microsoft fame) is already heating his home with one of these. However, this is even slower than my laptop, and hence no use for my intended application, which is computational, with heating being a beneficial side-effect.
Steve ===================== On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Matt Mahoney <[email protected]>wrote: > On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Steve Richfield > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Why? > > > > My home now has an "electric furnace" that sits in my large basement and > draws a LOT of power to heat my home. > > A Cray-1 supercomputer should keep your house toasty warm. Specs: > > 136 MFLOPS average, 250 MFLOPS peak throughput. > 8 MB memory. > 5.5 tons. > 115 KW electric consumption, not including Freon cooling system and > peripherals. > Cost $5 to $8 million. Control computer, hard disks, and teletype extra. > No USB ports, mouse, or network. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray-1 > > > -- > -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/10443978-6f4c28ac > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > -- Full employment can be had with the stoke of a pen. Simply institute a six hour workday. That will easily create enough new jobs to bring back full employment. ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
