On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 07:42:15 GMT, Matt Giwer
<jull43@tampabay.rr.RoMeVE.com> wrote:

~misfit~ wrote:

Martin 53N 1W wrote:

~misfit~ wrote:
[...]

Evolve or die.

Hopefully there's been a lot of positive BOINC evolution recently!

Hopefully. I can't upload, can't download and have lost about the last 10
days worth if credit. (Which just happened to be 10 days when I thought
"Damn the electricity bill!" and had BOINC running on everything I have,
24/7). I'm beginning to seriously wonder about farming. Might have to shut
down a few PCs and go back to just using 'spare cycles' on my main machine,
when it's switched on.

	At 24/7 you are not temperature cycling your computer which should 
extend its life.

	As to cost, you cannot be drawing more than the wattage of your 
computers power supply, probably closer to half unless you have four 
hard drives and peripherals drawing power.

	200 Watts X 24 hours = 4.8 KW-HR X cost per kw-hr

	For me $US 0.43 per day, about $US13 a month for a no other use 
computer. Subtract normal usage time.

	A small price to help ET find a friend in this lonely universe.

So for me with 16 computers running full time it is 16 x $13.00 PER
MONTH! or $208.00. I don't think so!! My electric bill is only in the
mid $200.00's per mointh now and I have an all electric house and I
live in Northern Virginia. I have 2 kids and 2 adults living here.
That means almost 4 showers per day all on electric heat, the a/c has
been running alot because of the heat and humidty and the bill is
still in the mid $200.00's! I have a 2 story Colonial style home with
a 3/4 basement.