[Cialug] Power Down

[Claus]

Woohoo, but I'm not anything near 50 yet.

On 4/29/2008 3:17 PM, Jeff Davis wrote:
> http://www.findgift.com/gift-ideas/pid-46494/
> 
> While that was treading very closely to the too much information boundary,
> its ironic that you say we *were* greener, but you're sitting in the 
> dark *now*.
> 
> -Jeff
> 
> 
> Claus Niesen wrote:
>> The old computer power supplies had a plug-in for the monitor.  Didn't 
>> those turn off when the computer was turned off? 
>> Besides in the glorious days we used power strips and flipped the 
>> switch to off after everything was shut down.  No transformers in idle 
>> mode.  Man we were much greener back before energy star.
>>
>> But we're in the age that nobody can use a switch, even here at work 
>> we have motion sensors and timers in the bathroom.  How difficult is 
>> it to turn off the light when leaving a room?  Now I sit in the dark 
>> if I think a little to long.  Anybody know of a glow-in-the-dark 
>> toilet paper supplier?
>>
>>   Claus