On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:56:17 -0700 Levi Pearson <[email protected]> wrote:
> To restate my point a bit more clearly, buying a refurbished top-spec > machine with a bunch of noisy fans for a low up-front purchase price > means that you've probably bought a power-hog of a machine and over > its remaining lifetime the power budget is likely to play a > significant part in its ownership costs. I agree with your analysis, but will take it a step further. You are not the only person in the world to make it. I suspect the market has already discounted the discounted future cost of power to run the things. In a sense, buying cheap power hog equipment is a bet that fracking and coal will continue to be legal. -- The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. -- U.S. Const. Amendment IV Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
