Comments on: The badge of pride now should be how long it has been since you left your computer on overnight! http://greenmonk.net/the-badge-of-pride-now-should-be-how-long-it-has-been-since-you-left-your-computer-on-overnight/ Green from the roots up, Sustainable from the top down Thu, 24 May 2012 01:33:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Will Hughes http://greenmonk.net/the-badge-of-pride-now-should-be-how-long-it-has-been-since-you-left-your-computer-on-overnight/#comment-10390 Will Hughes Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:38:40 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=1952#comment-10390 While I would dearly love to shut down my computer - it would mean an extra 1-2 hours added to my day (or, conversely, reducing my productivity). The sheer number of apps I need to run as a Software Dev means that anytime I need to reboot, it becomes a major ordeal - taking 30mins or more to close everything, and then another 45+ minutes to get all my apps back up and running. Hibernation is an okay compromise, but writing 16GB of RAM down to disk still takes a considerable amount of time. While I would dearly love to shut down my computer – it would mean an extra 1-2 hours added to my day (or, conversely, reducing my productivity).

The sheer number of apps I need to run as a Software Dev means that anytime I need to reboot, it becomes a major ordeal – taking 30mins or more to close everything, and then another 45+ minutes to get all my apps back up and running.

Hibernation is an okay compromise, but writing 16GB of RAM down to disk still takes a considerable amount of time.

]]> By: Charlotte Prescott http://greenmonk.net/the-badge-of-pride-now-should-be-how-long-it-has-been-since-you-left-your-computer-on-overnight/#comment-9999 Charlotte Prescott Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:41:56 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=1952#comment-9999 Thank you! Now, how do we make this behavior the norm and not the exception? Thank you! Now, how do we make this behavior the norm and not the exception?

]]> By: Talia http://greenmonk.net/the-badge-of-pride-now-should-be-how-long-it-has-been-since-you-left-your-computer-on-overnight/#comment-9920 Talia Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:20:46 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=1952#comment-9920 Great minds think alike I guess. Briana on innBrooklyn wrote about the same topic this week and has some suprising facts/statistics about exactly how much power is used -- http://wp.me/pJTRQ-aK Great minds think alike I guess. Briana on innBrooklyn wrote about the same topic this week and has some suprising facts/statistics about exactly how much power is used — http://wp.me/pJTRQ-aK

]]> By: joe hanley http://greenmonk.net/the-badge-of-pride-now-should-be-how-long-it-has-been-since-you-left-your-computer-on-overnight/#comment-9915 joe hanley Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:46:48 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=1952#comment-9915 yes! I sometimes thing that many energy savings and CO2 reductions are low hanging like this. When I was a kid, I remember my Dad going around the house unplugging everything last thing at night. (In those days it was for fire risk reasons). We seem to have lost our rigour. My PC has not been all night ina ges btw yes! I sometimes thing that many energy savings and CO2 reductions are low hanging like this. When I was a kid, I remember my Dad going around the house unplugging everything last thing at night. (In those days it was for fire risk reasons). We seem to have lost our rigour. My PC has not been all night ina ges btw

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