OTish :D Colors of Cases for Fedora was: Re: Open Letter

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On 08/12/2010 07:30 AM, Tim wrote:
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> I'd be quite surprised if this were very noticeable.  Considering the
> usual shiny black computer case, versus an optimal black body radiator.

as in shiny vs flat black.


be it degrees Celsius or degrees Fahrenheit, using Kelvin temperature is
a better measurement for variation between colors/colours due to wider
spread of numbers between end points.

one link, even tho a '.gov' page, i do disagree with in that his wording
would make his opinion correct;

  http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/phy00/phy00740.htm

some wikipedia links that deal with visual, radiated, and absorbed;

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celsius
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIE_1931
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color-color_diagram
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_index
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_temperature
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_theory
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degree_Fahrenheit
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_temperature
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_radiation
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermography


> At any rate, it's unusual to use the case as the heatsink, unless you're
> buying one of those expensive silent PCs.  It's the fans that do the
> heat dissipation.

if you do not want to cremate the cpu, be sure you have a fan or two.

> I can't help but think that this thread, long ago, descended into
> theoretical absurdity.  ;-)

true, but what else to do. ;)


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