Even the New York Times withholds the address

David Howe DaveHowe at gmx.co.uk
Tue Nov 19 18:59:29 UTC 2002


at Tuesday, November 19, 2002 6:43 PM, blitz <blitz at macronet.net> was
seen to say:
> One last addition to this idiotic water idea.. since the water
> doesn't get up there to the reservoir on the roof by itself, add your
> costs of huge pumps, plus the cost of pumping it up there, and a less
> than 100% efficiency in converting falling water to electricity.
> Also, add heating it in the winter to keep it liquid instead of
> solid, decontamination chemicals (cant have any Leigonella bacillus
> growing in there in the summer) Its all moot, as the weight factor
> makes this a non-starter.

Nah, you just have to think about placement; find a convenient
reservoir, dig a big hole in the stone to one side of the dam, and put
your datacenter there.

now, about that anti-flooding insurance.... :)




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