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On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:53:53 -0500 |
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Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> When I moved in with my GF, her electric bill shoot up to the roof (I |
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> brought my 46" LCD TV, PlayStation 3, and in total 5 computers and |
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> other electronics). After a couple of months of shock of seeing the |
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> electric bills, we started to do this kind of stuff |
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> (suspending/hibernating our machines, using CFL instead of normal |
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> light bulbs, etc.), and we cut the spending almost in four. |
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Apartment living maybe? |
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I have 1 XBox, 2 Wii's, 40" LED TV, 22" LED monitor, 16" LCD monitor, an |
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xbmc frontend, 2 el-cheap android tablets permanently plugged in, 1 |
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desktop, 2 HP microservers and 3 laptops running almost 24/7. And about |
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10 incandescent bulbs all evening, 2 neons and umpteen CFLs. |
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It's a lot of power, sure. |
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And all quite insignificant when compared to what the swimming pool |
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pump uses...... |
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All a matter of perspective I suppose :-) |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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