Leaving Mac On -- Advantages / Disadvantages
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From: df on 22 Feb 2010 16:46 On 2010-02-16 13:57:59 -0700, Jolly Roger said: > In article <hleupj$po0$1(a)news.albasani.net>, Jason Bourne <jb(a)spy.net> > wrote: > >> Davoud wrote: >>> TaliesinSoft wrote: >>> >>>> Except when I have my MacBook Pro away from home I leave it >>>> continuously on, having the display go to sleep after five minutes of >>>> inactivity. Leaving it on during the night is so that the nightly >>>> maintenance routines and my scheduled backups will run. What I'd be >>>> interested in knowing is what disadvantages are there to leaving my >>>> computer on in this manner. >>> >>> The disadvantage is that for each computer left on overnight that's a >>> little more energy wasted, a little more CO2 pumped into the >>> atmosphere... >>> >>> Not trying to send anyone on a guilt trip here; if one has a reason for >>> leaving a computer on 24/7, one should follow one's own preferences. At >>> the same time, in order to make an informed decision one should be >>> aware that if one is "on the grid" the consequences reach beyond one's >>> own home. >> >> You must be one of those silly people who believes that what we do has >> any material effect on global temperature? "Global warming" is >> discredited junk science espoused primarily by politically correct >> knee-jerk liberals and one-world socialists... > > That whole stupid debate simply doesn't matter. You'd have to be a > complete idiot to argue that energy waste and pollution are good for > anyone. Anything we do to conserve energy and move away from fossil > fuels to green technology and better practices will benefit us and the > planet immensely. Turning a MacBook off at night isn't going to save the planet.
From: df on 22 Feb 2010 16:47 On 2010-02-16 15:09:07 -0700, Michelle Steiner said: > In article <hleupj$po0$1(a)news.albasani.net>, Jason Bourne <jb(a)spy.net> > wrote: > >> "Global warming" is discredited junk science espoused primarily by >> politically correct knee-jerk liberals and one-world socialists... > > Global climate change is real, despite the efforts of Big Business, > right-wing nutcases, and religious whackoes (There's an overlap among > these, especially between the latter two) to try to discredit it. I guess you haven't been paying attention to the news lately. Even climate scientists are retracting their claims.
From: Jolly Roger on 22 Feb 2010 17:24 In article <2010022214462375249-df(a)dfcom>, df <df(a)df.com> wrote: > On 2010-02-16 13:57:59 -0700, Jolly Roger said: > > > In article <hleupj$po0$1(a)news.albasani.net>, Jason Bourne <jb(a)spy.net> > > wrote: > > > >> Davoud wrote: > >>> TaliesinSoft wrote: > >>> > >>>> Except when I have my MacBook Pro away from home I leave it > >>>> continuously on, having the display go to sleep after five minutes of > >>>> inactivity. Leaving it on during the night is so that the nightly > >>>> maintenance routines and my scheduled backups will run. What I'd be > >>>> interested in knowing is what disadvantages are there to leaving my > >>>> computer on in this manner. > >>> > >>> The disadvantage is that for each computer left on overnight that's a > >>> little more energy wasted, a little more CO2 pumped into the > >>> atmosphere... > >>> > >>> Not trying to send anyone on a guilt trip here; if one has a reason for > >>> leaving a computer on 24/7, one should follow one's own preferences. At > >>> the same time, in order to make an informed decision one should be > >>> aware that if one is "on the grid" the consequences reach beyond one's > >>> own home. > >> > >> You must be one of those silly people who believes that what we do has > >> any material effect on global temperature? "Global warming" is > >> discredited junk science espoused primarily by politically correct > >> knee-jerk liberals and one-world socialists... > > > > That whole stupid debate simply doesn't matter. You'd have to be a > > complete idiot to argue that energy waste and pollution are good for > > anyone. Anything we do to conserve energy and move away from fossil > > fuels to green technology and better practices will benefit us and the > > planet immensely. > > Turning a MacBook off at night isn't going to save the planet. Nothing any one person does can save the planet. I'll go ahead and put you into the "complete idiot" category now. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Leonard Blaisdell on 22 Feb 2010 19:16 In article <C7A74D66.5393A%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > Methinks there's a lot that you need. Methinks you need to visit a better class of astrologer. Hey! Wish me luck anyway. C'mon Nick! never political leo
From: dorayme on 22 Feb 2010 19:58
In article <2010022214462375249-df(a)dfcom>, df <df(a)df.com> wrote: > Turning a MacBook off at night isn't going to save the planet. Burning smoking coal in just *a* fireplace in England will not wreck the English air either. -- dorayme |