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The "Cloud" is killing polar bears says Greenpeace...

Mar 31, 2010 12:42AM PDT

The "Cloud" is killing polar bears says Greenpeace...

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"The last thing we need is for more cloud infrastructure to be built in places where it increases demand for dirty coal-fired power,'' said Greenpeace, which argues that Web companies should be more careful about where they build and should lobby more in Washington for clean energy.

The growing mass of business data, home movies and pictures has ballooned beyond the capabilities of many corporate data centers and personal computers, spurring the creation of massive server farms that make up a "cloud,'' an emerging phenomenon known as cloud computing.
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hmmm, this "news" could kill some programmers' mojo...

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The "Cloud" is killing polar bears says Greenpeace...
Mar 31, 2010 7:45AM PDT

NO

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Oh, and increase gameplay from 3Bln/hrs/wk to 21Bln/hrs/wk..
Mar 31, 2010 10:52AM PDT
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Of course greenpeace is right
Mar 31, 2010 10:54AM PDT