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My definition of Never.
I voted never, however my definition of never, is of the five nines variety. I obviously have to reboot for regular maintenance, or power cycle the various devices to resolve an issue.
So 99.999% of the year I am connected. Some of the reasons for never turning the machines off are: - the machine is running an internet server service (example: ftp, www, smtp, imap, etc..) - the machine is volunteering processor time to wonderful research projects like http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org. My thoughts are: - it costs me around $10.00 in electricity per year to run each computer I leave on. - I replaced an AMD Sempron 2800+ mini-tower with a 300W power supply, with an Intel Mac Mini Core Duo, to do my Windows bidding from VMware, reducing at least one of my sources of power drain. - what help is powering off a satellite box and hard disk / dvd recorder if you can't record shows at a scheduled time, if the are hard off. - My electric company can't claim poverty from under use, if I continue to use their product. ;) Most of the electricity in Manitoba, Canada, is generated by renewable resources using HydroElectrix generating systems. - Our electric company exports electricity to the USA, though I still get charged a higher rate per kilowatt than the USA importers pay. Regards. |
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