Comments on: Passive cooling http://boingboing.net/2011/10/27/passive-cooling.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 08:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: ookluh http://boingboing.net/2011/10/27/passive-cooling.html#comment-1254869 ookluh Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126359#comment-1254869 Norway, Sweden, what's the difference, amiright?  Actually, Svalbard would probably be a better place to have a server farm since it's much, much further north than the Sweden site.  Then you'd be in danger of having server downtime due to polar bear attacks.  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3584210.stm Norway, Sweden, what’s the difference, amiright?  Actually, Svalbard would probably be a better place to have a server farm since it’s much, much further north than the Sweden site.  Then you’d be in danger of having server downtime due to polar bear attacks.  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3584210.stm

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2011/10/27/passive-cooling.html#comment-1254837 Brainspore Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126359#comment-1254837 Is the subhead of the article accurate- they're putting ALL their servers there? Seems like a global entity like Facebook would want more redundancy if a single natural disaster could wipe out the service indefinitely. Is the subhead of the article accurate- they’re putting ALL their servers there? Seems like a global entity like Facebook would want more redundancy if a single natural disaster could wipe out the service indefinitely.

]]> By: alephxero http://boingboing.net/2011/10/27/passive-cooling.html#comment-1254806 alephxero Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126359#comment-1254806 You're too much. You’re too much.

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2011/10/27/passive-cooling.html#comment-1254802 dculberson Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126359#comment-1254802 Actually this wouldn't be a bad thing for the arctic ice since the cooling would be more efficient and wouldn't release carbon.  If you burn fossil fuels to achieve X btu of cooling, you not only use more than X btu of energy, releasing that heat into the environment, you also release carbon dioxide and other pollutants which contribute to arctic ice loss. Actually this wouldn’t be a bad thing for the arctic ice since the cooling would be more efficient and wouldn’t release carbon.  If you burn fossil fuels to achieve X btu of cooling, you not only use more than X btu of energy, releasing that heat into the environment, you also release carbon dioxide and other pollutants which contribute to arctic ice loss.

]]> By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2011/10/27/passive-cooling.html#comment-1254773 Guest Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126359#comment-1254773 "He's mister farm server, he's mister hundred and one" “He’s mister farm server, he’s mister hundred and one”

]]> By: Chester Moy http://boingboing.net/2011/10/27/passive-cooling.html#comment-1254747 Chester Moy Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126359#comment-1254747 Or build a heat-powered server farm on top of Facebook servers Or build a heat-powered server farm on top of Facebook servers

]]> By: machinestate http://boingboing.net/2011/10/27/passive-cooling.html#comment-1254742 machinestate Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126359#comment-1254742 i agree with wayne & lobster -- the permafrost is not a heatsink.  but as a non-user i say "build it", and watch it quickly sink into the bog it makes for itself... er as in physically and literally speaking. i agree with wayne & lobster — the permafrost is not a heatsink. 
but as a non-user i say “build it”, and watch it quickly sink into the bog it makes for itself… er as in physically and literally speaking.

]]> By: Ben Mettey http://boingboing.net/2011/10/27/passive-cooling.html#comment-1254741 Ben Mettey Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126359#comment-1254741 reminds me of  Robopocalypse & Archos. Maybe Facebook is...Archos...? reminds me of  Robopocalypse & Archos. Maybe Facebook is…Archos…?

]]> By: CSBD http://boingboing.net/2011/10/27/passive-cooling.html#comment-1254729 CSBD Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126359#comment-1254729 Are they going to build it near one of the Apocalypse seed banks? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault Are they going to build it near one of the Apocalypse seed banks?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault

]]> By: ookluh http://boingboing.net/2011/10/27/passive-cooling.html#comment-1254725 ookluh Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126359#comment-1254725 Facebook Status: I totally killed a polar bear with all my posting today, LOL! Facebook Status: I totally killed a polar bear with all my posting today, LOL!

]]> By: ZikZak http://boingboing.net/2011/10/27/passive-cooling.html#comment-1254726 ZikZak Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126359#comment-1254726 Actually, as a point of trivia, a moon base would be a miserable place for passive cooling.  Vacuum is a very effective insulator, preventing heat from conducting or convecting. However, the deep sea would be really good for cooling, both because it's really cold and water is great at absorbing heat.  And hey, the oceans are already heating up and acidifying...why not just hurry the process along and get it over with? Actually, as a point of trivia, a moon base would be a miserable place for passive cooling.  Vacuum is a very effective insulator, preventing heat from conducting or convecting.
However, the deep sea would be really good for cooling, both because it’s really cold and water is great at absorbing heat.  And hey, the oceans are already heating up and acidifying…why not just hurry the process along and get it over with?

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2011/10/27/passive-cooling.html#comment-1254724 Lobster Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126359#comment-1254724 Can't wait for the first climate change denier to point to THIS as the sole cause of shrinking glaciers. Can’t wait for the first climate change denier to point to THIS as the sole cause of shrinking glaciers.

]]> By: Wayne Dyer http://boingboing.net/2011/10/27/passive-cooling.html#comment-1254719 Wayne Dyer Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126359#comment-1254719 Hmmm...move the hot stuff closer to the stuff that's melting.  That'll impress folks in the Great and Glorious Online Global Warming Flamewar, I'm sure. Hmmm…move the hot stuff closer to the stuff that’s melting.  That’ll impress folks in the Great and Glorious Online Global Warming Flamewar, I’m sure.

]]> By: Aeron http://boingboing.net/2011/10/27/passive-cooling.html#comment-1254690 Aeron Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126359#comment-1254690 Not to be outdone, Google will soon announce it's plan to build an underwater fortress and/or moon base. Not to be outdone, Google will soon announce it’s plan to build an underwater fortress and/or moon base.

]]> By: xenphilos http://boingboing.net/2011/10/27/passive-cooling.html#comment-1254689 xenphilos Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126359#comment-1254689 With polar bear IT personnel, I hope. With polar bear IT personnel, I hope.

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