[ale] Opera Reinvents the Internet?

[Geoffrey]

Atlanta Geek wrote:
> Geez,
> . Maybe someone could modify 'uptime' to estimate power usage.
> 
> Of course this comes from the guy who drives a 12-year old V-8 F150 on
> his daily 30-mile both ways commute.

10 year old Mazda pickup here.  4 cylinder though..

> 
> 
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Geoffrey<lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
>> aaron wrote:
>>> On 2009, Jul, 24, , at 9:12 AM, Brandon Checketts wrote:
>>>
>>>> Interesting concept I guess, but I don't see it really taking off.
>>>>> From a technical standpoint, I see several problems:
>>>> - I don't want to leave my computer on 24/7 so that my friends can
>>>> access my content
>>> For the ability to personally access my home system, I'd leave it on
>>> 24/7.  There are probably dozens of people on this list who have
>>> systems at home that are on 24/7.  With properly working APCI and
>>> such, the power consumption is minimal and most us privileged people
>>> aren't going to think twice about this.
>> (Raises hand).  Yeah, I actually have a couple of systems that remain on
>> 24/7.  Here's uptime for one of them:
>>
>> 11:01am  up 615 days 13:22,  2 users,  load average: 0.08, 0.02, 0.01
>>
>> --
>> Until later, Geoffrey
>>
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Until later, Geoffrey

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
  - Benjamin Franklin