[ydl-gen] Google Earth on YDL 5.0

[Eric Dunbar]

On 26/03/07, Brian Wood <beww at bresnan.net> wrote:
>
> On Mar 26, 2007, at 8:10 PM, Jonathan Bartlett wrote:
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> >  Also, just for fun, has anyone tried the PS3 folding at home client?  Dang
> > fast.  If anyone wants to join, my team number is 59478.
>
> CNN had a story on that, fast as heck but it also draws considerable power,
> on the order of 200 watts. Running that 24/7, especially someplace like
> California or NYC, would start to add up fast.
>
> I've also read that some retail stores that are running PS3s all day are
> starting to have thermal problems, but these are units in closed cabinets so
> that's not too surprising.

Wasn't that one of the reasons Apple cited for going with Intel chips?
PPC chips simply were "too hot to handle" <groan> in terms of their
power consumption (and, indirectly, heat production).