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Posted Feb 21, 2006 by Jabberwock
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Yes,  it does work better if the computer is left on unfortunately. You're right that it's less wasteful if you turn the heating down and let the computer warm the room  Even though it shouldn't really make all that difference to the environment, it's like a light being left on, and the good outweighs the bad, I think.
Set the program to 'always on', leave computer on and switch off monitor. There are in fact billions of calculations to get through. It doesn't stop you using the computer, though, of course. Apart from startup, it doesn't even slow you down.
Jab 
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| | | Subject: Climate Change Experiment
Posted Feb 22, 2006 by Jabberwock
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Good outweighing the bad: I'd like to put that much more strongly. It's vital that we try to understand what's going to happen, which is what this experiment is about, so we can try to work out how to deal with what will probably be the horrors of what actually will happen, and this includes trying to understand how to avoid some of the undoubted disasters happening in the first place. It's really that important.
One perhaps less dramatic example. It's been suggested that the melting of the ice in the Arctic will lead to the Gulf Stream, (which comes up from the Gulf of Mexico and warms our waters), being diverted by the influx of cold water from the North. There's already some evidence of this happening. This will mean that the Eastern United States and Europe will get much colder, as in this winter. We don't know how accurate this prediction is - but we'll be in a better position to evaluate it, and others of course, through this experiment.
The more people who join in, the more accurate the results will be.
Jab
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