In their research on young mice, for instance, all the subjects died when they were infected with the Nodamura virus, but when Ding's researchers removed the suppressor protein called B2 from the virus, the infected mice began
producing huge armies of the virus - attacking siRNAs and lived, unaffected by the otherwise lethal infection.
And not only did the SGI behemoths suck energy, they also
produced so much heat that the during the summer months the studio building's temperature would soar to over 90 degrees inside, requiring an
army of
huge fans to cool both the equipment and the programmers.