On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Bob Bell wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 24, 2000 at 01:24:34PM -0400, Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Karl J. Runge wrote:
> > 300W seems to make more sense. But even then, you're still talking about
> > roughly 250,000 KWH per month, just to power the workstations. Doesn't
> > include things like lights, monitors, coffee makers... etc.
> >
> > Imagine paying that bill? I'll pass... :)
>
> "They" often post the energy bill here at Compaq (in a lobby, so
> I assume I can share) in an attempt to get us to use energy wisely.
> Usually it's over $300,000/month, or (I'd estimated) about $4 million
> a year!
Yeah! So I imagine that particular policy (shutting PC's off at night)
was aimed more at saving money than security... Which was the point of
the original message (I believe)...
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