Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 18:00:14 05/15/02
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On May 15, 2002 at 20:48:31, Jorge Pichard wrote: >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 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 continued 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 please turn on the >Kerosene Lamp and when he did, I was holding a little brown frog. > >Pichard.
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