http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7823387.stm
Does anyone have the working for this? I would LOVE to see it, given that
(for a start):
a typical Google search on a desktop computer produces about 7g (0.25oz) of
carbon dioxide
1) Google searches are not done on a desktop computer, they are
Brian, it is a well known fact that UTF8 characters produce more
carbon dioxide :)
Spiros
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Brian Butterworth
briant...@freeview.tv wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7823387.stm
Does anyone have the working for this? I would LOVE to see it, given
On 12/1/09 11:29, Brian Butterworth wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7823387.stm
Does anyone have the working for this? I would LOVE to see it, given
that (for a start):
a typical Google search on a desktop computer produces about 7g
(0.25oz) of carbon dioxide
Not to mention all
Is this the worst bit of maths on BBC News so far this year?
Figures actually come from Google no?
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/powering-google-search.html
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I just wrote:
Article quotes both figures from Alex Wissner-Gross (7g) and from Google
(0.2g). Seeing as both figures are being widely circulated, and talked about
elsewhere, I'd say that it's definitely newsworthy.
Incidentally, the news story mentions that Alex Wissner-Gross, who
calculated
Actually I do wonder if the itunes store going non-DRM will finally be enough
to convince copyright owners that releasing content under a licence but with no
DRM is a good thing for everyone involved?
I mean what other popular DRM is there now? Windows media plays for sure?
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2009/1/12 Ian Forrester ian.forres...@bbc.co.uk:
Actually I do wonder if the itunes store going non-DRM will finally be
enough to convince copyright owners that releasing content under a licence
but with no DRM is a good thing for everyone involved?
I mean what other popular DRM is there now?
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 12:18, Ian Forrester ian.forres...@bbc.co.ukwrote:
I mean what other popular DRM is there now? Windows media plays for sure?
Audible.com still DRMs their audiobooks, in their own proprietary formats.
Brian Butterworth wrote:
Does anyone have the working for this? I would LOVE to see it, given that
(for a start):
No - but willing to guess that they either took the total energy
consumption and divided it - or took a reasonable number x number of
servers; assumed 100watt and took it from
Frankie Roberto wrote:
Incidentally, the news story mentions that Alex Wissner-Gross, who
calculated the figures, has set up the website
http://www.co2stats.com/ which is a *commercial* service that allows
you to pay to offset the carbon produced by your webservers, so call
me cynical, but
2009/1/12 Frankie Roberto fran...@frankieroberto.com:
Wonder how much energy the BBC uses to power its webservers? :-) How much
CO2 is emitted per hour of TV programme watched via the iPlayer, compared to
traditional TV broadcast?
And, to continue that line of thought, how much CO2 is emitted
And don't forget the 'OMA DRM 2' used by iPlayer mobile.
On Mon, 2009-01-12 at 12:25 +, Alan Pope wrote:
2009/1/12 Ian Forrester ian.forres...@bbc.co.uk:
Actually I do wonder if the itunes store going non-DRM will finally be
enough to convince copyright owners that releasing content
Now I was just saying that adding DRM to stuff means more CPU cycles, which
means DRM is killing the planet!111oneone
;)
On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:40:39 +, Spiros Denaxas spi...@lokku.com
wrote:
Brian, it is a well known fact that UTF8 characters produce more
carbon dioxide :)
Spiros
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Dirk-Willem van Gulik di...@webweaving.org
wrote:
Does anyone have the working for this? I would LOVE to see it, given
that
(for a start):
No - but willing to guess that they either took the total energy
consumption and divided it - or took a reasonable
From the site, CO2stats.com, it looks like not only does the service look at
the client side electricity but also the computers using Google search to
calculate the total footprint. I guess that begs the question whether Google
is responsible for less efficient computers executing searches, and
On 12 Jan 2009, at 15:44, li...@tdobson.net li...@tdobson.net wrote:
Now I was just saying that adding DRM to stuff means more CPU
cycles, which
means DRM is killing the planet!111oneone
Or streaming Radio4 leaving its Due to Rights blah blah blah message
on during the last few
This is quite a useful post from Microsoft:
http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/01/06/windows-7-energy-efficiency.aspx
the display can consume approximately 40% of the power budget on the
typical mobile PC and anywhere from 30-100+ Watts on a desktop PC.
So, do your searching with the monitor
Hahaha that's massively funny
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Martin Deutsch
martin.deut...@gmail.comwrote:
On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Brian Butterworth
briant...@freeview.tv wrote:
If you want to have a look at Windows 7, you can download the beta now
(it's
really is working)
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DFEY-NW (Digital Freedom in Education Youth - North West) is a group
focusing on young people and issues of freedom in the digital world,
based in the Northwest of England at the moment.
=== In Brief ===
WHERE:
Some of the ones in Birmingham are... But only usually replaced when the old
ones burn out or get broken (which I fully agree with, no point emitting CO2
driving round and replacing every single one when they still work perfectly
- the don't-replace-old-cars-with-new-cars argument).
Which
I've noticed that BBC One's online stream has a BBC One DOG on it, the same
going for BBC Two. Isn't this one of the most impractical applications of a
channel graphic ever? (and a waste of bits)
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