From owner-freebsd-chat Sat May 18 18:31:26 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from riker.skynet.be (riker.skynet.be [195.238.3.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4866B37B40A for ; Sat, 18 May 2002 18:31:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.9.8.215] (ip-27.shub-internet.org [194.78.144.27] (may be forged)) by riker.skynet.be (8.11.6/8.11.6/Skynet-OUT-2.19) with ESMTP id g4J1UhY08189; Sun, 19 May 2002 03:30:43 +0200 (MET DST) (envelope-from ) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: bs663385@pop.skynet.be Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: <20020516004909.A9808@daemon.tisys.org> <20020516151801.A47974@energyhq.homeip.net> <20020516172853.A7750@daemon.tisys.org> <3CE40759.7C584101@mindspring.com> <20020516220616.A51305@energyhq.homeip.net> <3CE43D08.1FDBF0A3@mindspring.com> <20020517163624.GB9697@hades.hell.gr> <3CE58F73.1A7F50AF@mindspring.com> <3CE5B62B.2B26239B@mindspring.com> <3CE6F154.989966DD@mindspring.com> X-Grok: +++ath X-WebTV-Stationery: Standard; BGColor=black; TextColor=black Reply-By: Wed, 1 Jan 1984 12:34:56 +0100 X-Message-Flag: Your copy of Outlook will expire in 3 days. Please contact Microsoft about purchasing a new license. Remember: software piracy is a felony! Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 03:30:33 +0200 To: Brad Knowles , Terry Lambert From: Brad Knowles Subject: Re: The road ahead? Cc: Giorgos Keramidas , Miguel Mendez , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 3:21 AM +0200 2002/05/19, Brad Knowles wrote: >> "Lights blinking" == "Costing me money" > > Employees don't think about this. Maybe managers do, but > employees don't. Trust me, we had a "monitors off" policy at > Skynet, a big sign on the the door that said "Did you turn off > your monitor?", etc.... And no one ever did. Come to think of it, the better solution is to replace the monitors with equipment that draws less power when it's turned on, and has it's own auto-shutoff circuitry. LCD monitors spring to mind. -- Brad Knowles, "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message