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Re: [tlug] OT - Shutdown day



On 17/04/2008, SL Baur <steve@example.com> wrote:

> On 4/16/08, Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com> wrote:
>
>  >  Plus the power savings stuff can be used to raise awareness of how
>  >  much energy can be saved by making computers more energy-efficient.
>
> And that's maybe the worst reason.  Sigh.

But why do you think that?

This stuff:

>  For anyone who has read my resume on monster.com and
>  whereever else I put it, or who knows me well there are strange
>  gaps in my job history.  For example between 1992 and 1995 I got
>  completely and totally burned out.  I was still somewhat young
[...]
>  Times have changed.

While quite interesting, does not provide any justification for your
opinion that participating in Shutdown Day to raise awareness of
energy efficiency is a bad reason.

>  The way American society has developed over my lifetime, I'm
>  a firm believer that folks past school age are much, much better
>  off spending spare time on a computer than practically anything
>  else.

I do not disagree.

-- 
Cheers,
Josh


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