> When I'm not using the computer, just turn it off! Until the world's > energy problems are all resolved.
But why would you waste 90+ percent of your (idle) cycles when your computer is ON?
IMHO, a computer is meant to compute. And I chose for myself not to have it "compute" nonsensical screensavers, but something worthwhile to me. Enough projects exist for variety...
But why would you waste 90+ percent of your (idle) cycles when your computer is ON?
All modern processors in modern OSes idle themselves when not actually working. My CPU isn't wasting cycles when its on and idle, its sleeping, conserving energy and generating less heat.
I waste no CPU cycles because I understand how my computer works.
> My CPU isn't wasting cycles when its on and idle, its sleeping, > conserving energy and generating less heat.
That's wonderful. But you're not conserving energy, the same way a car just idling in the drive-way, as opposed to actually being driven (the whole point of a car), is not exactly doing any favors for conservation/the environment.
Especially not, when that computer you're letting sleep most of the time, will be thrown in the garbage 5 years hence because, although fully functional, can't do the things you want anymore. So, to use the car analogy again, is there really something reasonable about a car being scrapped, that has only been driven for 4500 miles all in all? Me, I don't think so. It failed its designed-for purpose. Or rather the user failed to use it for its purpose.
But it's all good. You can, of course, do whatever you want with your machine(s). Even use them as nifty paperweights.:-) But me, even my old 486 is still chugging away on distributed projects. Why? Because it still works and it will do *something*, as long as it does.
spare is not free (Score:0)
As if my spare cycles are free!. Why should I let my electricy bill increase for some hopeless search
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> When I'm not using the computer, just turn it off! Until the world's
> energy problems are all resolved.
But why would you waste 90+ percent of your (idle) cycles when your computer is ON?
IMHO, a computer is meant to compute. And I chose for myself not to have it "compute" nonsensical screensavers, but something worthwhile to me. Enough projects exist for variety...
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But why would you waste 90+ percent of your (idle) cycles when your computer is ON?
All modern processors in modern OSes idle themselves when not actually working. My CPU isn't wasting cycles when its on and idle, its sleeping, conserving energy and generating less heat.
I waste no CPU cycles because I understand how my computer works.
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> My CPU isn't wasting cycles when its on and idle, its sleeping,
> conserving energy and generating less heat.
That's wonderful. But you're not conserving energy, the same way a car just idling in the drive-way, as opposed to actually being driven (the whole point of a car), is not exactly doing any favors for conservation/the environment.
Especially not, when that computer you're letting sleep most of the time, will be thrown in the garbage 5 years hence because, although fully functional, can't do the things you want anymore. So, to use the car analogy again, is there really something reasonable about a car being scrapped, that has only been driven for 4500 miles all in all? Me, I don't think so. It failed its designed-for purpose. Or rather the user failed to use it for its purpose.
But it's all good. You can, of course, do whatever you want with your machine(s). Even use them as nifty paperweights. :-)
But me, even my old 486 is still chugging away on distributed projects. Why? Because it still works and it will do *something*, as long as it does.