I've [I]never[/I] heard of North and South inside a computer in that way.

It's a cold day in [STRIKE]hell[/STRIKE] Canada. We had -40C with windchill. For you imperial units jerks, that's -40F as well.

[QUOTE=James Heinrich;360040](it's -19°C (feels like -29°C) here tonight and snow all over the place[/QUOTE]
I hate you! :smile:

No, you don't. The snow sounds cute and all. Arguably for us central canadians it actually is because the weather has been still enough that very thick frost forms on all the little branches of the barren trees so they're all white and icy looking.

The cold, on the other hand, really, really sucks. For about 90% of people it is extremely wearying and people get properly depressed after four or five months of it. I'm more tolerant than average, but last winter dragged on until May so six full months of below freezing got people seriously pissed off.

Being near the equator your weather is [SARCASM]probably[/SARCASM] more consistent than the literally 90C - 100C (counting wind chill) yearly shifts seen in Canada. But tell me you don't get sick of the heat during your warmer periods.

[QUOTE=TheMawn;360059]But tell me you don't get sick of the heat during your warmer periods.[/QUOTE]

Speaking for myself, it took a couple of years to get use to the constant ~30 degrees C. But now (twelve years later) I actually sleep under two blankets during the "winter", and feel seriously cold at anything below 20 degrees.

[QUOTE=James Heinrich;360040]I find it ironic that "north" is considered "hot" (it's -19°C (feels like -29°C) here tonight and snow all over the place here. And I'm not even that far north.)[/QUOTE]I suspect that you may be south of me. What's your latitude? I'm at 52.14 north. Temperature has barely dropped below freezing since early spring.

[QUOTE=xilman;360072]I suspect that you may be south of me. What's your latitude? I'm at 52.14 north. Temperature has barely dropped below freezing since early spring.[/QUOTE]
You are way south compared to me! I'm at 63° 50' North. -13 °C this morning and the lake at the cabin was frosen solid with a 10 cm thick crystal clear ice sheet. Tomorrow it will probably rain...

Göran

[QUOTE=xilman;360072]I suspect that you may be south of me. What's your latitude? I'm at 52.14 north. Temperature has barely dropped below freezing since early spring.[/QUOTE]I am currently south of you (49.8N). Although I did previously live in Edmonton at 53.6N -- there it stopped snowing May 15 and started again Sept 7.
But while latitude is a reliable indicator of daylight length, it's not a good climate indicator. Depending where you are 46N can be worse than 56N (e.g. Sudbury vs Glasgow).
BTW: It's -24C (feels like -32) this morning. And still a month before it's officially winter. Blech.

[QUOTE=chalsall;360068]... and feel seriously cold at anything below 20 degrees.[/QUOTE]Sadly, I've lived my whole life in Canada, but that statement has always been true for me. :sad:


More on topic: My GTX 580 arrived last night and can start helping to heat the house again. :smile:

[QUOTE=James Heinrich;360076].....

More on topic: My GTX 580 arrived last night and can start helping to heat the house again. :smile:[/QUOTE]

Bravo! I imagine you warming your hands by the [STRIKE]Fire[/STRIKE]Geforce.

[QUOTE=TheMawn;360047]I've [I]never[/I] heard of North and South inside a computer in that way.[/QUOTE]

Sorry...

This was a model / nomenclature I often use.

North is Up in most of our minds. Heat tends to goes up within a gravitational field.

[QUOTE=chalsall;360102]Heat tends to goes up within a gravitational field.[/QUOTE]Hotter = less dense. So why is space both the least dense and the least warm? :smile:

[QUOTE=chalsall;360102]Heat tends to goes up within a gravitational field.[/QUOTE]The surface of the earth is colder than the core. Also the surface is colder than the stratosphere.
:ouch: