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A double dose of dorkery
Eco-tech stuff |
David Roberts |
08 Dec 2006 |
Gristmill |
| In one of my other lives, I'm a bit of a tech/computer/gadget geek, though by the high standards of online dorkdom, a mere amateur. Those interests don't overlap with my gristmillian preoccupations all that often -- but today, twice: First, an amusing post on ForeignPolicy.com reveals that the avatars used in MMORPGs use as much energy -- in hardware and server cycles -- as the typical Brazilian. (If the preceding sentence means nothing to you, well, perhaps it's time ... |
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| Topics: energy, energy efficiency, green products, innovation, tech (all these topics) |
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