Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 03:30:33 +0200 From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>, Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.homeip.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The road ahead? Message-ID: <p0511171fb90cb038706d@[10.9.8.215]> In-Reply-To: <p0511171db90ca65a2076@[10.9.8.215]> 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> <p05111717b90b4c01f392@[10.9.8.215]> <3CE5B62B.2B26239B@mindspring.com> <p0511171bb90c8693adb1@[10.9.8.215]> <3CE6F154.989966DD@mindspring.com> <p0511171db90ca65a2076@[10.9.8.215]>
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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, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.
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