Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 17:48:31 05/15/02
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On May 15, 2002 at 19:42:20, pavel wrote: >On May 15, 2002 at 19:29:02, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On May 15, 2002 at 19:14:17, pavel wrote: >> >>>On May 15, 2002 at 18:47:58, Chessfun wrote: >>> >>>>On May 15, 2002 at 17:53:03, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >>>> >>>>>Hi Sarah >>>>> >>>>>Are your machines running day and night?? Funny, I cannot sleep with running >>>>>PC's!! >>>>> >>>>>Kurt >>>> >>>>Actually yes, I never shut down a PC. >>>>But they are both in the spare room anyway so can't hear any noise. >>>> >>>>Sarah. >>> >>>funny, coz I also never shut down my computer. Both of them. >>>This one (celeron) I use for webserver, and my other computer (pentiumIII 1ghz) >>>I use mostly for computer chess. >>> >>>Both the computers are in my bedroom, and I have no problem sleeping :) >>> >>>pavs >>> >>> >>>ps, does anyone know if computer uses a lot of power? even when the monitor is >>>off when idle? >> >>It's about equal to the power supply rating, usually. The monitor draws a lot >>of it. Memory, disk, etc. all chew power. For the most part, they will be a >>couple hundred watts or less [about 2 light bulbs worth of power]. Running a >>bath is more costly than running your PC all day (unless you take a bath in cold >>water). > >Thanks for the info. >Yes, I remember reading somewhere about running computer all day is not so >expansive comparing to other eletronic devices, the most power consuming part of >a computer is the monitor. But I was not really sure about the source and so I >asked again. > >besides I hate to wait for computers to bootup from shut down, I guess I will >just have to wait for MRAMs > > >pavs > >ps, I hate taking bath in cold water. (anyone doesnt?) That is NOT what I hate, I have taken baths in cold water a several times in my life. What I hate the most is remembering one day when I was visiting my uncle in a Farm 20 years ago when I was little, and I was taking a bath with the help of a Kerosene Lamp and suddendly the lamp shut off and it was time to grab the bar of soap, so I said to myself I don't need any light I know where everything is located, so I continue to grab the bar of soap and I started using it. But to my horror after 3 minutes I realized that I was NOT getting my body lathered and suddenly I heard a strange noise coming from my hand where I was holding the bar of soap, and it moved a little. I asked my brother to plase turn on the Kerosene Lamp and when he did I was holding a little brown frog. Pichard.
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