Is DC as popular now as several years ago?

[NeoPTLD]

I remember doing SETI thing a few years ago, but realized that it isn't me doing the battle, but it was the computer. Although Berkeley sings "recycle unused computing cycles" I came to a realization that even if the computer is on, there is a significant power use difference between idle and CPU at full load. I measured mine at the plug and it actually went up 27%.

I don't really use my desktop that much after getting a laptop and when I realized leaving it on costs $10/mo for basically nothing, I turn it off when it's unused now.

Back then... I didn't realize all the cost. Now I've realized the cost and actually have to pay the bills so I quit...

 

[pmv]

I find my PC and peripherals use about 40W just being plugged in, even when turned off. So I not only turn them off when not being used, I unplug them from the wall. Seen a noticeable drop in electricity consumption since doing that.

 

[Fayd]

i was thinking "direct connect"...

then i thought about "direct current"..

never once in the range of possibilities i thought about that DC would represent did distributed computing come to mind.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I remember doing UD long time ago, then the project shut down. I moved to F@H and even have my own team, then kinda lost interest.

I've always thought of how cool it would be to make a super cluster and power it up for a few hours every day to show a huge WU boost, but the cost would not really return anything in the end.

Like, do these projects actually do anything? When that UD project shut down, I never even heard anything as to if they did find any new breakthrough cancer wise, it just shut down with no warning, and that was it.