My experience: I have used several computers during the years, both at work and at home, and I switch them off after use, and none, repeat none, has broken down ever.
Also, the lifecycle of Joe Computer, is nowadays 2-3 years. After 3 years the computer is so outdated, most people buy a new one. Certainly most lease contracts for offices do not go beyond 3 years.
On a different note: many people believe that if you switch on and off a light bulb many times, lifetime decreases and energy consumption is higher. As far as I know, there is no scientific evidence for this.
Let's face it, leaving on a computer is most of the time born out of laziness. Not concern that the CPU is going to burn...
Why would you leave your computer on, doing nothing over night?
Unless it's a server or you want to participate in SETI like projects, there is no point.
Yet another appliance left on, burning away fossile fuels for no apparenr reason. Imagine everybody would switch of lights, TV's and computers when they go to bed, I bet there would be a substantial saving...
And yes, waiting 2-3 minutes to boot Windows/Linux is annoying, but don't forget, humans are multi-tasking: you could get your cuppa when your OS boots...
You are absolutely right, that there are more search engines. But nobody seems to use them.
That could mean 2 things: 1) the results from other search engines are not good or worse than Google. Or, 2) we don't know better than Google is our search engine, brainwashed after 4 years of googling.
I good be wrong but it seems slowly those ads come into Google. Slowly the once trusted search engine is selling it's soul. I wonder if we will change as Yahoo and others are not any better.
It also seems that Page Rank has had it's longest time, blogs and the advertisers have discovered how to beat it. Google bombing and whacking is standard nowadays...
Just some caveats, there is nothing better at the moment, but for me, no personalised searching. I don't want to state my preferences in life to a commercial company...
About accuracy, yes you are right, I guess if you search you want to find the most relevant link and not some 'noise'.
Mmm, I am a bit surprised that everbody is so enthusiastic about Google and all what the company does.
1) The de facto monopoly in the search market makes us all very vulnerable. Just like/. moderatio points, internet user will often overlook interesting links or think that if Google can't find it, it does not exist.
2) Google already knows a lot about what each IP address is interested in. With personalized items, it is going to be even more knowledgeable. Could mean less diversity in the eco-internet advertising and information world.
Personally, I like to be surprised by some search results I did not anticipate (where are the they days of internet *surfing*?)
Tip from me, disable cookies on domain google.com For a bit of assureance...
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Mmmm, is there anything that supports your claim?
My experience: I have used several computers during the years, both at work and at home, and I switch them off after use, and none, repeat none, has broken down ever.
Also, the lifecycle of Joe Computer, is nowadays 2-3 years. After 3 years the computer is so outdated, most people buy a new one. Certainly most lease contracts for offices do not go beyond 3 years.
On a different note: many people believe that if you switch on and off a light bulb many times, lifetime decreases and energy consumption is higher. As far as I know, there is no scientific evidence for this.
Let's face it, leaving on a computer is most of the time born out of laziness. Not concern that the CPU is going to burn...
Why would you leave your computer on, doing nothing over night?
Unless it's a server or you want to participate in SETI like projects, there is no point.
Yet another appliance left on, burning away fossile fuels for no apparenr reason. Imagine everybody would switch of lights, TV's and computers when they go to bed, I bet there would be a substantial saving...
And yes, waiting 2-3 minutes to boot Windows/Linux is annoying, but don't forget, humans are multi-tasking: you could get your cuppa when your OS boots...
If you offer money for an opinion, it might attract more people who are actually not MUD'ers at all.
Offering money screws your sample me thinks...
This is a very intriguing idea.
You are absolutely right, that there are more search engines. But nobody seems to use them.
That could mean 2 things:
1) the results from other search engines are not good or worse than Google. Or,
2) we don't know better than Google is our search engine, brainwashed after 4 years of googling.
I good be wrong but it seems slowly those ads come into Google. Slowly the once trusted search engine is selling it's soul. I wonder if we will change as Yahoo and others are not any better.
It also seems that Page Rank has had it's longest time, blogs and the advertisers have discovered how to beat it. Google bombing and whacking is standard nowadays...
Just some caveats, there is nothing better at the moment, but for me, no personalised searching. I don't want to state my preferences in life to a commercial company...
About accuracy, yes you are right, I guess if you search you want to find the most relevant link and not some 'noise'.
Mmm, I am a bit surprised that everbody is so enthusiastic about Google and all what the company does.
/. moderatio points, internet user will often overlook interesting links or think that if Google can't find it, it does not exist.
1) The de facto monopoly in the search market makes us all very vulnerable. Just like
2) Google already knows a lot about what each IP address is interested in. With personalized items, it is going to be even more knowledgeable.
Could mean less diversity in the eco-internet advertising and information world.
Personally, I like to be surprised by some search results I did not anticipate (where are the they days of internet *surfing*?)
Tip from me, disable cookies on domain google.com For a bit of assureance...
Thanks to this lady I have to drink luke warm coffee for in McDonalds for the rest of my life...
Coffee is supposed to be hot! Use your brain, don't hold hot coffee between your legs.