 kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY
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Re: Physics fail Except it DOES, that's why we have to keep supplying them, you bum, unlike YT videos which are there forever. |
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dynodbPremium,VIP
join:2004-04-21
Minneapolis, MN | said by kamm:Except it DOES, you moron - that's why we have to keep supplying them, you bum, unlike YT videos which are there forever.
And here's someone else who didn't pay attention in science class. |
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kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY | Or perhaps someone simply didn't understand WTF he was hearing there? |
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While the electrons are not destroyed, power is dissipated by your blender while it makes your margarita and that power must be replaced (generated) by your electric company via coal burning, hydro, or nuke. So it appears you are the one who didn't pay attention in science class as you believe your blender is a perpetual motion machine. |
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dynodbPremium,VIP
join:2004-04-21
Minneapolis, MN | said by Anon39183 :While the electrons are not destroyed, power is dissipated by your blender while it makes your margarita and that power must be replaced (generated) by your electric company via coal burning, hydro, or nuke. So it appears you are the one who didn't pay attention in science class as you believe your blender is a perpetual motion machine.
The power being dissapated is not the result of the electrons travelling down the line being "destoyed".
The encapsulated data packets being transported by an ISP do, however, get "destroyed".
While it's not accurate to make a direct comparison between power consumption and data consumption, both do have very real costs associated with increased usage. |
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BlueC
join:2009-11-26
Minneapolis, MN | said by dynodb:The power being dissapated is not the result of the electrons travelling down the line being "destoyed".
The encapsulated data packets being transported by an ISP do, however, get "destroyed".
While it's not accurate to make a direct comparison between power consumption and data consumption, both do have very real costs associated with increased usage.
How exactly are the packets getting "destroyed"?
Let's start with that............. |
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dynodbPremium,VIP
join:2004-04-21
Minneapolis, MN | You can't be serious. |
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BlueC
join:2009-11-26
Minneapolis, MN | said by dynodb:You can't be serious.
I am... and guess what....
I have happy customers. |
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 coldmoonPremium
join:2002-02-04
Broadway, NC
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...The encapsulated data packets being transported by an ISP do, however, get "destroyed"....
So who has an issue with physics now?
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rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO | reply to BlueC
Isn't this a bit like the fact that energy can neither be created nor destroyed but can only be transformed? I propose packets don't really exist but are simply a deterministic interpretation of waveforms created by exciting electrons within a transmission medium. In the case of fiber, I suppose photons do actually travel through the medium but electricity is still converted to light which is then converted back to electricity.
I like to "visualize" it as the crowd at the ball park doing the wave. The people going up and down in their seats aren't destroyed when the wave travels by them. |
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I apologize for misunderstanding your post. You weren't trying to negate the authors argument by saying nothing is consumed. You were merely pointing out he was wrong in his description of what was consumed. |
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