Re: Hardware for new Linux box

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From: Tim Haynes
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 00:00

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Dave Smith <dsmith@contract15.inmos.co.uk> doodled in uk.comp.os.linux:

> Correct.  What generates this heat?  Resistance.  The capacitance of a
> device is not affected by temperature, but the resistance *is*.  Ironically,
> the hotter a device is, the higher the resistance, so the more heat it
> generates.

Hmmm. Given that it's quite a few years since I did any physics, let alone
electronics, why shouldn't the capacitance vary with temperature? (The idea of
surface area comes rapidly to mind here.)

~Tim
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From: piglet@glutinous.custard.org (Tim Haynes)
Subject: Re: Hardware for new Linux box
Date: 1999/11/18
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