[Cialug] Power Down

[David Champion]

Or... folding at home.

I haven't run folding at home on my PS3 since it died right at the very 
tail end of the warranty - got it replaced, but since the new one 
doesn't have any warranty left, I don't know that I want to chance it 
frying this one. I do run it on a couple of PC's at home, and on my 
server - my ISP is paying for the power on that. :)

-dc

Nathan Smith wrote:
> It shouldn't be pulling 500W all day unless you are crunching numbers (SETI) or ripping media.
>
> ;)
>
> -Nate
>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org
>> [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Todd Walton
>> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 4:03 PM
>> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
>> Subject: [Cialug] Power Down
>>
>> Reducing the Amount of Juice Electronic Gadgets Consume
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/24/technology/personaltech/24po
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>> NY Times article about "vampire electronics".  Home electronics that
>> suck power even when they're off.  The Energy Department guesses that
>> 25 percent of the power the average piece of electronics consumes is
>> consumed while turned off.
>>
>> The beef of the article is to shill for the APC Power-Saving
>> SurgeArrest surge protector.  It's a nifty idea: the you plug your
>> computer into a "master" plug-in, and then your printer and monitor
>> and speakers and all those other gadgets into slave outlets.  When
>> whatever is plugged into the master outlet stops drawing power the
>> strip cuts power to the slave outlets.  So, when you turn your
>> computer off all your other stuff gets turned off too.
>>
>> I leave my computer on all the time, normally, but I've been trying to
>> turn it off when I go to work.  500W all day long can get to be a
>> serious energy bill.
>>
>> -todd
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