[Info-vax] HoffmanLabs down?

[koehler at scotty.koehler.athome.net]

In article <e11ffbc0-4a5c-4a2e-b3b8-fef59c796fa8 at r10g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, SMS <sms.antinode at gmail.com> writes:
> 
>    Huh?  And what happens to the other 35-40%?
> Is it fed into a secret heat sink inside the heater?
> E-mailed back to the electric utility?  Oh, wait.
> I know.  It must be lost as heat.  That would
> explain everything.

   It's lost as a tiny amount of sound (don't listen for it with human 
   ears), small amount of visible light, and other wavelengths that do 
   not contribute to what a human would consider heat.