He's right Jesse. All the energy devoured by the computer ends up as heat eventually. spike
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of John R Pierce > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 10:24 PM > To: The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search list > Subject: Re: [Prime] hot CPU! > > Jesse Scott wrote: > > power is not heat! > > ok, let me clarify my declaration: all power consumed by digital > electronics ends up as heat, except perhaps the photons emitted by the LEDs and the > sounds > emitted by the fans and hard disks (actually, photons end up as heat when > they > are absorbed by something, too, and I think sound energy ends up as heat > when > its absorbed... _______________________________________________ Prime mailing list [email protected] http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime
