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[Sridhar the POWERful]

On Sat, 18 May 2002, Eric Webb wrote:

> > > > Like hell.  That 66MHz turns in 10.4 specFP95 (that's roughly
> > > > comparable to a 175MHz mips R10000, a 200MHz UltraSparc or a 350MHz
> > > > Pentium II).  Int perf is lower but it's still no slouch.
> > >
> > > Oh yeah, did I ever mention that that 66Mhz turns out a lot of heat as
> > > well?
> > >
> > > *ducks from Sridhar*
> >
> > *WHAP!*
> >
> > Get a proper air conditioner, Eric!
>
> Heh, the air conditioner works fine, but the wife won't let me freeze
> her in the living room just to keep my office comfy :)
> Unfortunately, no good ideas came from the air conditioning discussion
> we had a few weeks ago, so I'm just going to have to wait until we get
> a house with a basement (no window units in the front, please...)

Here's an idea!  Move the office or machine room (or whatever) to the
*back* of the house!  That way you can use a window unit!

Peace...  Sridhar

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