<pre><tt>Ingo Kl?cker wrote:</tt><br><tt>>Unnecessarily keeping a machine (computer, TV, etc.) running or in <br>>stand-by just to save you the couple of minutes you'd have to wait for <br>>the machine to boot is a disservice to your children and your <br>>children's children.<br><br>I appreciate the need to save energy as much as, <br>or more than, many other home users. And if one <br>views a computer as a kids toy for family fun and <br>can't imagine the option that it might have any <br>websites, blogs, FTP servers, or any number of <br>other vital applications hosted on it, then sure, <br>turning it off every night is a grand solution. <br>Or maybe you think it's just giant corporations who <br>should be allowed the luxury of keeping a website <br>running 24/7, along with their lights and heat and <br>so on? Actually, lets put energy conservation suggestions <br>on a different thread and in the meantime try to figure <br>out what's wrong with the
software...instead of jumping <br>to myopic assumptions about users' needs or their energy <br>use habits.<br><br>Software should just work, period, and </tt><tt><tt>any professional <br>knows that it wouldn't look very good to have a website <br>down for 6-8 hours every day</tt></tt><tt>. And it shouldn't be too <br>much to ask that if I run an email client, it regularly <br>and consistently checks email whether the computer is on <br>for a few hours or a few months at a time. Right?<br><br>In addition, this problem seems to sometimes occur within <br>several hours of starting up Kontact or Kmail, so I don't <br>think turning off the computer would solve the issue. It <br>would surely save some energy, but I'm doing more than my <br>part in plenty of other ways, and the Chihuahua yipping <br>would be better directed at giant companies, who waste more <br>energy in one night than I will in a decade.<br><br>In the meantime, I appreciate any and all useful and
<br>thoughtful responses, and would particularly appreciate tips<br>regarding how to troubleshoot. Part of the difficulty is the<br>apparent randomness with which this problem appears. I am <br>trying to figure out if this is perhaps related to having <br>the screensaver/power management on. (How ironic it would be if the only solution was to <br>disable the power saving tools, tools which I immediately <br>configure so as to ensure that my energy footprint is as <br>minimal as possible while still accomplishing my personal <br>and professional goals!)<br><br>Best, and thanks for any and all help...<br></tt></pre><div> </div><hr size="1">Looking for last minute shopping deals? <p>
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