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    • CommentAuthorfoxmcf
    • CommentTimeAug 10th 2007
     

    Worldwide we would save a combined total of over 40 million dollars in energy if Google Search engine changed the background of its homepage from white to black.

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      CommentAuthorTrance
    • CommentTimeAug 10th 2007 edited
     

    Wherever did you come across this information?

    Like I said to the worker at my local chip shop: you got any sauces?

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      CommentAuthorlegatissimo
    • CommentTimeAug 10th 2007 edited
     

    Unfortunately, according to Google, that isn't true

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    :smackdown:

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    Posted By: legatissimo

    Unfortunately, according to Google,that isn't true

    And I was so ready to believe that.

    I can set the speed of my new screen saver anywhere between fast and eco-friendly.

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      CommentAuthorUdoboy
    • CommentTimeAug 11th 2007 edited
     

    I'm not sure google can be trusted on this one. I think that the cost of them changing the homepage and specialized webpages of millions, perhaps even greater than a billion, of users is just too much, so they made up statistics to justify the status quo.

    • CommentAuthorfoxmcf
    • CommentTimeAug 11th 2007
     

    Anyone have an ammeter? How would you even test it?

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    Connect your PC to a UPS and detach the power and see how long before the UPS gives up the ghost.

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    Well of course google wouldn't admit to info like this being true. That wouldn't help their evil schemes one bit. :devil:

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      CommentAuthorHaoest
    • CommentTimeAug 13th 2007
     

    I talked to an engineer friend who works at JDSU in happy hour, and we were talking about the butterfly effect and the book the Tipping Point by Marcolm. I said (Gullible.Info style) if only Google would do a small thing such as changing their searching engine's background from white to black, the world would save enormous energy per year.

    He spit on my face and said, LCDs take the same amount of energy to powerup pixels of any color.

    Sorry guys, I failed to spread the gullible spirit.

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      CommentAuthorPaulustrious
    • CommentTimeAug 14th 2007 edited
     

    People seem to forget that most screens out there are still old-fashioned vacuum devices, and those DO take more energy to display white.

    Other things that can help...

    Switch on autohide for the taskbar.
    Use an all-black screen saver (non animated)
    Ensure your dvd is empty if you are not using it.
    Switch off the light in the room when using the computer.

    Sincerely, Ecolustrious

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      CommentAuthorUdoboy
    • CommentTimeAug 14th 2007
     
    Posted By: Paulustrious

    Switch on autohide for the taskbar.

    The energy required to lower & lift the taskbar has been proven to exceed any cost-saving benefits from hiding it.

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      CommentAuthorPriya
    • CommentTimeAug 14th 2007
     

    5. Switch the computer off when you will not be using it for a while.

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    Posted By: Udoboy
    Posted By: Paulustrious

    Switch on autohide for the taskbar.

    The energy required to lower & lift the taskbar has been proven to exceed any cost-saving benefits from hiding it.

    If you get a task bar that is just as light as the rest of your screen it requires minimal energy to lift and lower it.

    To Priya:

    Whilst your motives are admirable, please try and be more realistic.

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      CommentAuthorPriya
    • CommentTimeAug 15th 2007
     

    There is no reality. I do not know what 'realistic' you are talking about.

    (The first sentence reminds me of "There is no spoon" from Matrix)

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      CommentAuthorUdoboy
    • CommentTimeAug 15th 2007 edited
     
    Posted By: Priya

    5. Switch the computer off when you will not be using it for a while.

    Not even that... just turn off the monitor when you walk away. Frustrates snoopers, too.

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      CommentAuthorPriya
    • CommentTimeAug 15th 2007
     

    And my parents, which is why I've had to stop doing that :sad:

    • CommentAuthornicaboker
    • CommentTimeAug 15th 2007
     
    Posted By: Priya

    And my parents, which is why I've had to stop doing that:sad:

    Oh but Priya that is all the more reason to keep doing it. Personally, I think you should just walk up to the monitor when they are on the computer and switch it off, smile and say "got to help save the whales."

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      CommentAuthorPriya
    • CommentTimeAug 15th 2007
     

    LOL! Thanks, but I don't wanna die at 16...

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