I thought I’d make a list of just a few of the things I am thankful for today, and all days: For clear dawn mornings For still having the ability to run across frost dusted fields For my beautiful family For great friends For the wood stove already ablaze For the food we will be cooking and sharing For laughter For sorrow For the Internet and the tools that allow me to engage with...
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The Internet Helps Save Energy
In spite of the what seems like huge sucking sounds coming from massive server farms and data centers soaking up electricity it appears, according to a new study, that the “net” affect of the growth of the Internet is a savings in energy usage. “Indeed, all America’s servers – the computers that direct traffic on the Internet – and the systems that cool them use about 1.2 percent of the nation’s electricity, according to...
