[ale] 0.15c an hour

Calvin Harrigan charriglists at bellsouth.net
Mon Dec 4 17:02:04 EST 2006


Christopher Fowler wrote:
> http://jebediah.brown.googlepages.com/
> 
> That article states that it costs 0.15c and hour to run a computer.  Is
> that true?
> 
> By my calculations 
> 
> 15 pennies * 24 hours * 31 days = 11,160 pennies.
> Divide # of pennies by 100 and I get $111 dollars per month.  I 
> tend to leave my computer  on a24x7 but I do not think I pay 15c per
> hour to run my computer.  
> 
> If that calculation is right then we are ripping off Quality Services
> because our servers would be using more power than what we are paying in
> our colo rack.
> 
> 
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That's .15 cents, not .15 dollars.

It's 0.0015 dollars per hour if you will.

Calvin...



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