I saw this on Folding@Home’s website.

How much power/money is used by keeping a F@H running 24/7 on a computer?

Roughly, a CPU uses about as much power as a 60 watt light bulb. Here’s a report on computer power management from Lawrence Berkeley government labs, and there are other references on the web you can find. Although power supplies on most computers are rated at 250 watts, average usage is much lower. On average, a Pentium-type computer uses between 45-70 watts (I’ve read various different sources on this) while it is on. If the computer has no idle mode, it will use the same amount of energy whether it is running a program or not. If it is on idle, it will consume around 25 watts. So, the daily difference between off and running F@H is about 24x(45 to 70) = 1.1 to 1.7 kWh. At $0.14 per kWh ( from PG&E here in California), this works out to about $0.15 to $0.24 per day, or perhaps $6 a month. The difference between an idled computer and one running F@H would be closer to $4 a month - and if the computer was already being used 8 hours a day, it would be closer to $3 a month.

In general, lighting and climate control use a much larger share of household power than computers do. So the best bet for cutting costs and conserving energy would be to turn off lights, turn off your computer monitors (which use more power than a CPU), and turn down the heat. And keep folding

I like this song… it’s on the Spiderman 2 soundtrack.

Download Dashboard Confessional - Vindicated.

Taken from http://evan.quuxuum.org/bgnw.html. The ones I found especially interesting:

According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, there are 760,000 homeless people in America. Bill could give each of them $42,133.53.

According to the people at Save the Children it costs $240 to sponsor one child for a year. This means that Bill could save 133,422,850 (133.42 Million) of the children. Of course, there are only 58.5 million people (adults included) in all of Ethiopia.

According to the people at Make-A-Wish, it costs between $3000 and $4000 to grant a wish to an ill child. Assuming an average of $3500 per wish, Bill could grant the wishes of 9,148,995 or 9.15 Million children.

It costs roughly $30,000 to purchase the supplies to build a 3 bedroom home for Habitat for Humanity. (Labor is donated.) Bill could donate supplies for 1,067,382 homes. Since these are 3 bedroom homes, let’s assume 4 1/2 occupants per house; Bill could house 4,803,222 people.

This is what happens when you mix chlorine and alcohol and enclose them.

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1. Two antennas meet on a roof, fall in love and get married.
The ceremony wasn’t much, but the reception was excellent.

2. Two hydrogen atoms walk into a bar. One says, “I’ve lost my
electron. “The other says, “Are you sure?” The first replies, “Yes,
I’m positive…”

3. A jumper cable walks into a bar. The bartender says, “I’ll serve
you but don’t start anything.”

4. A sandwich walks into a bar. The bartender says, “Sorry we don’t
serve food in here.”

5. A dyslexic man walks into a bra.

6. A man walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under his arm and
says: “A beer please, and one for the road.”

7. Two cannibals are eating a clown. One says to the other:
“Does this taste funny to you?”

8. “Doc, I can’t stop singing ‘The Green, Green Grass of Home.’”
“That sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome.” “Is it common?” “It’s Not
Unusual.”

9. Two cows standing next to each other in a field. Daisy says to
Dolly, “I was artificially inseminated this morning.” “I don’t
believe you,” said Dolly. “It’s true, no bull!” Exclaimed Daisy.

10. An invisible man marries an invisible woman. The kids were
nothing to look at either.

11. Deja Moo: The feeling that you’ve heard this bull before.

12. A man takes his Rottweiler to the vet and says, “My dog’s cross-
eyed, is there any thing you can do for him?” “Well,” says the
vet, “let’s have a look at him.” So he picks the dog up and examines
his eyes. Finally, he says, “I’m going to have to put him
down.” “What? Because he’s cross-eyed?” “No, because he’s really
heavy.”

13. Apparently, one in five people in the world are Chinese. And
there are five people in my family, so it must be one of them.
It’s either my mom or my dad or maybe my older brother Calvin or my
younger brother Hop-Sing-Lee. But I’m pretty sure it’s Calvin.

14. I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I
couldn’t find any.

15. I went to the butcher’s the other day to bet him 50 bucks that
he couldn’t reach the meat off the top shelf. He said, “No, the
steaks are too high.”

16. A man woke up in a hospital after a serious accident. He
shouted, “Doctor, doctor, I can’t feel my legs!” The doctor
replied, “I know you can’t - I’ve cut off your arms!”

17. I went to a seafood disco last week and pulled a mussel.

18. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly; but when they lit a
fire in the craft, it sank, proving that you can’t have your kayak
and heat it too.

19. What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh.

20. Two termites walk into a bar. One asks, “Is the bar tender
here?”