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Monitor Draws Zero Power In Standby
fifthace writes "A new range of Fujitsu Siemens monitors don't draw power during standby. The technology uses capacitors and relays to avoid drawing power when no video signal is present. With political parties all over Europe calling for a ban on standby, this small development could end up as one of the most significant advances in recent times. The British Government estimates eight percent of all domestic electricity is consumed by devices in standby."
I like this trend. If a device wants to consume 0 power on standby then it finally means that they'll stop putting those damn blue LEDs on everything electronic. Then I could have a dark bedroom at night without the use of electrical tape.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerstrip
Yup, and knowing plenty about the problem, I keep my power strip right between my tower and my amplifier, right where I can reach over the keyboard and KILL EVERYTHING AT ONCE.
No sissy waiting for stuff to shut down. All my programs are closed, hard disk activity light not blinking *click* everything's off.
Why wait for a solution when we've had one for decades and it works more reliably than some software-controlled switch?
Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
The only thing worse than obnoxious moderators are obnoxious moderatees.
GP is right.
The whole thing is a big disappointment really. First Earth was going to be done in one day. Then 2. After numerous delays, they finally released Earth after 7 days. And all that waiting for what? It's slow, the interface is horrible, and don't even get me started on security. This is supposed to be a 'next-gen existence', and after all that waiting, we get this? I bet for Heaven all they do is switch the colors and make 3rd party addons like clothes harder to use. You guys are free to do what you want, but I'm switching to Buddhism.