From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Apr 3 20:10:22 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA20817 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 3 Apr 1996 20:10:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from lserver.infoworld.com (lserver.infoworld.com [192.216.48.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA20790 Wed, 3 Apr 1996 20:10:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from ccgate.infoworld.com by lserver.infoworld.com with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #12) id m0u4glb-000wwAC; Wed, 3 Apr 96 20:35 PST Received: from cc:Mail by ccgate.infoworld.com id AA828590959; Wed, 03 Apr 96 20:55:53 PST Date: Wed, 03 Apr 96 20:55:53 PST From: "Brett Glass" Message-Id: <9603038285.AA828590959@ccgate.infoworld.com> To: Terry Lambert Cc: terry@lambert.org, jkh@freebsd.org, bde@zeta.org.au, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: It isn't easy being "green"... Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 8-). It's *illegal* in the US to tamper with this if you are getting > the tax break for the green-ness hardware (it's called "tax evasion"). Nope. The tax break only requires a certain percentage of machines to be "green." And "green" machines are only supposed to save energy while inactive. Clearly, if you're installing an OS on the machine or using it to run tasks constantly or frequently (as UNIX does), it's legitimate (in fact, essential) to keep the hard drive spun up. > Hope you aren't audited -- does the EPA read this list? 8-). I'm really scared. (Especially since I -- like most owners of these machines -- am not big enough to get the tax break in the first place.)