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Buying Computing by the Computon

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the close-relative-of-the-bogon dept.

theodp writes "Seeking to emulate the pricing models utilities use to charge customers for kilowatt-hours of electricity based on the ebb and flow of power demand, HP Researchers have come up with a new unit-of-computing metric, the Computon, which is not to be confused with the 'Power Unit' and 'Service Unit' pricing metrics from Sun and IBM. California, here we come!"

3 of 189 comments (clear)

  1. computons? COMPUTONS?! by The+Other+White+Boy · · Score: 5, Funny

    i get ten rods to a hogshead, and thats the way i likes it!

  2. More than meets the eye! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Here is the official conversion:

    1.6 energon cubes = 1 computon

  3. However... by jared_hanson · · Score: 5, Funny

    Due to the fact that it is based on the kilogram, the bang-for-your-buck value of the Computon is steadily getting worse.

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