Hey guys. I just decided to check my mailbox and I have over thirty messages. I was good though, I read all of them before answering. And cause I'm new to the list, I had to ask something...
DO YOU ALWAYS TAKE THIRTY POSTS ABOUT SOME ISSUE BEFORE ENOUGH PEOPLE TELL YOU TO STOP, BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY STOP? okay. thanks, sorry. Here's where I stand. 1. I'm sorry, I don't know much about pismo laptop's hard drives. 2. the coolpad sounds neat, I'll look it up when I get my 'new-to-me' laptop. 3. I also have a g4 desktop that has a flatscreen. Usually, if I have a crt, I turn it off when leaving- just a habit so I don't burn an image in (even though I hear its tough to do so). With the flat screen, its different, so I usually sleep the computer in-between uses, if I'm not rendering- if I am, I just set the display sleep time to 5 min and harddrive to never. That works well. 4. I think I really want to say something about the quick political jab tossed in here. One, America is one of the most wasteful countries on the planet. Doesn't matter how you slice it, or how much you're willing to pay for the bills, we're not being responsible. If you're not using something, turn it off. There's no other need to have it on, right? And this includes sleep if you're in that camp like me- sleep uses much less energy than awake, and a fractional amount more than off. When the middle east was mentioned, I think the reference was not on the Arab-Israeli conflict, but our dependence on the oil that is produced in countries that could very easily cripple us with cutting us off. And as far as global warming, I won't touch this one. I don't have hard numbers, which I'm sure at least one of you would demand from me. What I do know is that much of our energy comes either from burning coal, which produces the toxins in acid rain and adds to global warming, or nuclear reactions that produce thousands of tons of radioactive waste that the engineers are *not quite sure* how to get rid of them. So I think that from an ecological, economical, and ethical standpoint, it just wouldn't be right to leave things on all the time, especially when we don't need to. That's my opinion, I hope that others share that, but if you don't, please don't tell me to go watch more propaganda advertisements. They really have nothing to do with either turning off or leaving on your Macs. Thanks guys, talk to you later. -Dylan Don't personify computers.... They hate that! -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
