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Subject: Re: Sorry , since this is NOT chess related.

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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