Brendan Halpin wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 22 2009, Paul O'Malley - gnu's not unix - wrote:
>>> I dont know what the lappy uses but the Vector PSU is rated at 90 watts.
>> 90watts 24/7/365 at 11 cent a unit (lets say you have such a deal)
>> =607 euros in euros or thereabouts - if it is running at 85 percent
>> of max power it is still over 500
>> There are not 365 weeks in a year. The correct figure is closer to €85
> per annum.
>> (* (/ 90 1000.0) 24 365.25 0.11) => 86.7834
>> Brendan
Brendan,
well spotted at 1am this morning I would have sworn there were 365 weeks
in a year not 52.18 or so (I blame alternate dimensions mostly the 58th**)
It is also for values of strange to note that the elara has this:
Device Type Power supply
Voltage Required AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz )
Power Provided 365 Watt
Cheers
(a slightly more awake)
P.
** joke based on:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/garrett_lisi_on_his_theory_of_everything.html
Maintained by the ILUG website team. The aim of Linux.ie is to
support and help commercial and private users of Linux in Ireland. You can
display ILUG news in your own webpages, read backend
information to find out how. Networking services kindly provided by HEAnet, server kindly donated by
Dell. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds,
used with permission. No penguins were harmed in the production or maintenance
of this highly praised website. Looking for the
Indian Linux Users' Group? Try here. If you've read all this and aren't a lawyer: you should be!
