On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > The fact that CPUs need anything more than a passive heat sink is > *exactly* the problem. A car engine has to move anything up to a tonne of > steel around at 100kph or more, and depending on the design, they can get > away with air-cooling. In comparison, a CPU just moves around a trickle > of electric current.
So, let me get this straight. A CPU has to have a fan, but a car engine doesn't, because the car's moving at a hundred kays an hour. I have a suspicion the CPU fan moves air a bit slower than that. *dives for cover* ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list