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This would be difficult to calculate, because many of the resources dedicated to EY would still be running without the contest - they just would be doing someth
by synnik 17y ago
This would be difficult to calculate, because many of the resources dedicated to EY would still be running without the contest - they just would be doing something else.
Figuring out how much extra power is used solely for EY, that would otherwise be turned off?
You'd need to poll all participants and find out what hardware they are throwing at it vs. their normal operating state. I think it would be a worthwhile effort, but might be fairly tedious.
- MicahWedemeyer 17y agoYeah, with my SETI example, I overclocked my computer mainly for the purpose of running the SETI client faster. I assume that an overclocked machine uses more power, and that an overclocked machine at 100% CPU utilization uses significantly more. I'd be interested mainly in a ballpark/analogy figure. Are we talking "I forgot to turn off the night-light" or "Could power 5 homes for a year"?