Last week I learned that x86 (and x86-64) PCs & servers are basically resistance heaters. So it's almost as efficient to heat your house by rackmount as it is by incandescent?
Haha electricity-wise, yeah, but you can get almost as much heat out of a 100W lightbulb as a $1,000 Xeon that's running at 100%, so you might be better off going that way if you're looking to save money :-)
OTOH, with Xeons you could sell virtual private server hosting to compensate for the heating expenses. Anyone care to make and ROI calculation here vs. resistive heating?
