Units of Measurement

[OriginalGriff]

250W just for the processor is some serious heat to get rid off - my first house was heated by a 1KW bar fire ... mind you, in the depths of winter we moved into the bedroom!

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[Richard Andrew x64]

Yes I agree, but it's only 250W when it's running at max effort. Most of the time it will probably be much less.

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[Marc Clifton]

Richard Andrew x64 wrote:

Nah, the question is what won't I be able to do with it!

Indeed!

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[Daniel Pfeffer]

Well, in order to program a [Total Perspective Vortex](http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Total\_Perspective\_Vortex), you also need a piece of fairy cake. :)

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[Munchies_Matt]

Richard Andrew x64 wrote:

What would it be called with 32 cores?

'32 cores' We dont have to use poncy Latin all the time you know. Good old Saxon is perfectly OK.

[CPallini]

Latin? :-D

[Munchies_Matt]

Yes, latin numbers. Why do British people feel they have to use latin (or french) words? Why are they ashamed of Saxon ones?

[CPallini]

That was not my point. Hexa is not a Latin prefix. Duotrigesima, however, it is Latin.

[Munchies_Matt]

True, although oct is. This just shows the British cant even get that right! (Probably because they are embarrassed by 'sex' too. :) )

[CPallini]

oct is both Greek and Latin.

[CogitoBcn]

Easy peasy: "triacontadi-core" Wikipedia:

In geometry, a triacontadigon (or triacontakaidigon) or 32-gon is a thirty-two-sided polygon. In Greek, the prefix triaconta- means 30 and di- means 2. The sum of any triacontadigon´s interior angles is 5400 degrees. An older name is tricontadoagon.

[Munchies_Matt]

It wouldn't surprise me.

[xtofl]

Since all these prefixes are from ancient Greek, I presume the 32-core would be called a triacontakaiduo-core (cf. [Greek Numbers and Numerals (Ancient and Modern](http://www.foundalis.com/lan/grknum.htm)). But honestly... if you want people to understand you, go for "thirtytwo-core" :)

[den2k88]

6 cores is Esacore. Hexacore is 16 cores (HEXadecimal means base 16).

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[den2k88]

Munchies_Matt wrote:

We dont

Munchies_Matt wrote:

Good old Saxon is perfectly OK.

Choose one ;P

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[Munchies_Matt]

Uh? Dot get you. :confused:

[Forogar]

For some reason it reminds me of "vitameatavegamin" from I Love Lucy many, many years ago!

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[englebart]

"Octaquad" 8*4

[kalberts]

Many years ago, we had a server with a DEC Alpha CPU that we could use for frying the bacon for our lunch. The first demo prototypes of the Alpha machines came with a three phase power supply. Before the commercial release they managed to cut down the power requirement so much that a single-phase power supply was sufficient.

[kalberts]

And, do you know why computer guys tend to mix up Halloween with Christmas day? Because 31 oct = 25 dec