Upcoming Asus Chromebox looks like it would make a decent cheap home server?

[SteveRiley]

They serve different functions. WOL boots the operating system currently installed on the computer.

PXE runs entirely in the firmware, before any installed OS. PXE locates the NBP and executes it. In most enterprise deployments, the NBP is used to install a fresh copy of the OS onto the machine. Internet cafes often do this. Alternately, the NBP could boot an OS over the LAN; it's how diskless workstations start.

[Feathers McGraw]

Cool stuff, thanks for explaining

[oshunluvr]

At least one per room?! Add a couple more and you could turn the heating off, low power consumption or not!

Nah, here in the US we use new LED flat screens that produce virtually no heat. You should really recycle those old back-and-white tube TV's you guys are still watching down to Pub!

[SteveRiley]

Nah, here in the US we use new LED flat screens that produce virtually no heat.

I will continue heating my house with CRTs and VAXen until the day I die!

[Feathers McGraw]

Nah, here in the US we use new LED flat screens that produce virtually no heat. You should really recycle those old back-and-white tube TV's you guys are still watching down to Pub!

What, no holograms yet?

We actually had a very old CRT in our student house a few years ago, which was almost unbearably dark where it was wearing out, even on full brightness. It did used to heat the room up quite well though, which is just as well seeing as we didn't have the heating on unless it was snowing... its only other redeeming feature was that it was so heavy, when we were burgled the scum left it because they didn't fancy carrying it!

[oshunluvr]

t did used to heat the room up quite well

Yeah, radiation will do that.

it was so heavy, when we were burgled the scum left it

You mean it wasn't worth stealing!

[Feathers McGraw]

That too! Wouldn't make for a quick getaway either, it was quite a big one.