Re: OT: green vehicles (was: Power management)

2009-07-31 Thread Robert E. Anderson
I wanted to say nearly the same thing. Only I know a few more details being Alan's neighbor. One that he has owned a number of bikes, and already knows how to ride. Two that my '05 DRZ400s gets around 60mpg AND would be fun on his backyard track. Three, what's so bad about rain? Think of

Re: OT: green vehicles (was: Power management)

2009-07-31 Thread Ben Scott
All this talk about fuel efficiency has convinced me I should do something to help fight global warming. So I'm going to start leaving my refrigerator door open for a few minutes every day. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list

Re: OT: green vehicles (was: Power management)

2009-07-31 Thread John Abreau
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Ben Scottdragonh...@gmail.com wrote:  All this talk about fuel efficiency has convinced me I should do something to help fight global warming.  So I'm going to start leaving my refrigerator door open for a few minutes every day. I guess you're just a

Re: OT: green vehicles (was: Power management)

2009-07-29 Thread Tom Buskey
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 8:09 PM, Star nhs...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Alan Johnsona...@datdec.com wrote: On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 11:58 PM, Bill McGonigleb...@bfccomputing.com wrote: On 07/25/2009 08:44 AM, Alan Johnson wrote: But again, if I'm buying new? Yes,

Re: OT: green vehicles (was: Power management)

2009-07-28 Thread Alan Johnson
On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 11:58 PM, Bill McGonigleb...@bfccomputing.com wrote: On 07/25/2009 08:44 AM, Alan Johnson wrote: But again, if I'm buying new?  Yes, Prius, Prius, Prius. Isn't the nickel mining an environmental and thermodynamic disaster? Even taking that into account,

Re: OT: green vehicles (was: Power management)

2009-07-28 Thread Star
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Alan Johnsona...@datdec.com wrote: On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 11:58 PM, Bill McGonigleb...@bfccomputing.com wrote: On 07/25/2009 08:44 AM, Alan Johnson wrote: But again, if I'm buying new?  Yes, Prius, Prius, Prius. Isn't the nickel mining an environmental and

Re: Power management

2009-07-27 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com writes: For now, my dream is to build a tiny one-seater car with electric bike parts and my neighbor's welding skills. If I could get 40Mph, and 20mi/charge, it would be the perfect car for my commute. Will it run Linux? :) -- Don't be afraid to ask

Re: OT: green vehicles (was: Power management)

2009-07-26 Thread Bill McGonigle
On 07/25/2009 08:44 AM, Alan Johnson wrote: But again, if I'm buying new? Yes, Prius, Prius, Prius. Isn't the nickel mining an environmental and thermodynamic disaster? Get the Corolla and put up a wind tower or buy solar panels with the difference! For now, my dream is to build a tiny

Power management (was: best office/home office setup)

2009-07-25 Thread Alan Johnson
On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 1:36 AM, Drew Van Zandtdrew.vanza...@gmail.com wrote: It's a fairly high-power machine; however, it is in regular use by upwards of a dozen people, though only I use it as a desktop (and that is a concession to waste-avoidance; servers should not ordinarily have desktop

Power management (was: best office/home office setup)

2009-07-24 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Alan Johnsona...@datdec.com wrote: Shut that thing off when you are not using it! Most computers made in the past 20 years or so include power management features. Turning off the screen, spinning down the hard drives, and clocking down the CPU can be done

Re: Power management (was: best office/home office setup)

2009-07-24 Thread Mark Ellison
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 6:41 PM, Ben Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote: I keep meaning to look into getting this up, and use a wake-on-LAN command from my SOHO router to wake it up for remote access. Anyone else here played with that stuff? Wake on LAN works great with my Lenovo M57 running