Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 21:16:56 05/15/02
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On May 15, 2002 at 21:16:35, pavel wrote:
>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 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.
>
>
>thats a funny story. ;)
>
>pavs
I'm not sure the frog would agree with you!!! :) :) :)
Christophe
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