Here's an idea - have a job that continually compiles the entire system from HEAD - by the time it's done*, there's probably a new patch or ten ready, so checkout the latest patches (if any) and start over. Once you get that in place, remove the CPU fan (so there's only a heatsink), cut a hole in the side of a case, mount a fan in the hole pointing outside and voila - instant space heater. Not only that, you could churn out your own snapshots. Productive and toasty warm for those cold winter nights - and it uses less energy than a standard space heater.
(* = A similar system took 9 days to compile Java. I replaced it with a donated AMD Athlon 3500+ which did the same job in 2 hours.) On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Henning Brauer <[email protected]> wrote: > * Michael Sioutis <[email protected]> [2011-05-15 18:49]: >> What else could I use it for? > > doorstop? > monitor stand? > projectile for the next IETF meeting? > > seriously, a dirt cheap atom will be gazillion times faster and pay > for itself quickly on the power bill. > > -- > Henning Brauer, [email protected], [email protected] > BS Web Services, http://bsws.de > Full-Service ISP - Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services > Dedicated Servers, Rootservers, Application Hosting > > -- Aaron Mason - Programmer, open source addict I've taken my software vows - for beta or for worse
