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Re:State of the OpenVMS Port to x86_64 [pdf] by krylon on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @02:20PM (#12695295)
On the upside, depending on where you live, you probably save a lot of money on heating... ;-)
Re:State of the OpenVMS Port to x86_64 [pdf] by mtanski on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @04:42PM (#12696276)
Is there a EnergyGuide heating furnace efficiency score for the ES40?
Re:State of the OpenVMS Port to x86_64 [pdf] by lfowles on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @05:22PM (#12696516)
Resistance heating is pretty poor compared to heat pumps.
Re:State of the OpenVMS Port to x86_64 [pdf] by mtanski on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @08:31PM (#12697488)
That's the joke that I was trying to make.
Re:State of the OpenVMS Port to x86_64 [pdf] by krylon on Thursday October 13, 2016 @03:46PM (#12703481)
I think I remember reading or overhearing that Intel's chips somewhere in the Pentium 4 era were more efficient at converting electricity to heat than a typical hotplate. (Ratio-wise, at least.)