| Subject: Re: Please move distributed computing discussions to comp.distributed |
| From: Martin 53N 1W |
| Date: 03/08/2004, 03:56 |
| Newsgroups: alt.sci.seti,sci.astro.seti |
Ed wrote:
"Stratcat" <none@no.org> wrote in
Not sure what your implying here. Tempaerature cycling is exactly what
will SHORTEN an electronics device's life. It's better to run
electronics in a steady state environment, within thier specs.
[...]
Yep. There is a fire house, maybe in NJ, that had a light bulb that
Edison built still burning into at least the 90's. Don't know if it is
still working, but they never turned it off.
See:
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/time_machine/centennial_lightbulb.html
http://www.centennialbulb.org/newspr17.htm
(I think someone missed some of the "not"s and "no"s in the ealier
posting (:-))
Regards,
Martin