Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Was Thomas Edison Right about DC Power?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the menlo-park-mysteries dept.

Declan McCullagh writes "Everyone knows the alternating vs. direct current wars ended with Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. But now DC power is being seriously considered for data centers. DC advocates say that plugging servers into AC power is inefficient, and switching to DC cuts down on waste heat and component failure. The University of Florida has even bought 200 DC servers."

3 of 545 comments (clear)

  1. Re:That settles it. by SinGunner · · Score: 0, Troll
    Are you proud of having been rejected from UF, too?

    That was weak. Seriously, were you even trying? I may have been taking a pot shot, but taking that big of a stretch, you had the gun turned 180 degrees.

    For future reference, recursive insults are best left to the professionals. Expanding your horizons can be good, but in this case, you gotta stick with what you know, even if it is fart jokes and calling people gay.

  2. Re:They were both right...and wrong... by slashdotmsiriv · · Score: 0, Troll

    Congratulations... You just stated the obvious. My mod would be -1 redundant.

  3. French? No, wait... by Crouty · · Score: 0, Troll
    Nope, but I've put in screws with a hammer, even when I had a screwdriver on hand.
    You have Caltech.edu in your profile and that's not in France, now I'm confused. Could there be even more tinkerly challenged overseas?
    --
    On se Internetz nobody noes your German.