http://peterchuang.com/blog NOT just random thoughts Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:52:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://peterchuang.com/blog/2009/12/392/ http://peterchuang.com/blog/2009/12/392/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:24:55 +0000 Peter http://peterchuang.com/blog/2009/12/392/ An interesting report by CNET News.  How do you define evil?  I suppose one way to not do evil is to write the code so that it consumes less resources, either in terms of CPU cycles or memory (or both if you can!), thus reducing the power dissipated in millions or billions of CMOS [...]]]> An interesting report by CNET News.  How do you define evil?  I suppose one way to not do evil is to write the code so that it consumes less resources, either in terms of CPU cycles or memory (or both if you can!), thus reducing the power dissipated in millions or billions of CMOS Flip-Flops.  Just think about the implications of wasted charges/discharges and unnecessarily-spent batteries.  Wait, maybe I’m getting off topic…

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