Comments on: Blackle http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/07/24/blackle/ hopping along the corridors of power Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:59:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: earth018 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/07/24/blackle/#comment-53969 earth018 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:16:18 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/07/24/blackle/#comment-53969 There are around 18 different versions of black google online. The best one Ive found is www.cleanblack.com. Cleanblack is the only version that allows you to change the text colors of the google search results. Try it yourself by going to www.cleanblack.com/theme/ There are around 18 different versions of black google online. The best one Ive found is http://www.cleanblack.com. Cleanblack is the only version that allows you to change the text colors of the google search results. Try it yourself by going to http://www.cleanblack.com/theme/

]]> By: bobbysteele http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/07/24/blackle/#comment-29997 bobbysteele Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:12:15 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/07/24/blackle/#comment-29997 I find the other version http://www.Darkoogle.com is more easier to read since they uses green text just like the old days. Green text are more easy for our eyes and reduce eye strain. I find the other version http://www.Darkoogle.com is more easier to read since they uses green text just like the old days. Green text are more easy for our eyes and reduce eye strain.

]]> By: samiuela http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/07/24/blackle/#comment-29774 samiuela Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:21:05 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/07/24/blackle/#comment-29774 SleepyTreehugger, thats an interesting link. I'm regretting having put a Pentium IV in my box. With hindsight I would have gone for a slower chip with lower power consumption. Fortunately, when I built the machine, I put a cheap motherboard in, and spent most of my money on a good quality power supply, hard drives etc. The reasoning being that its cheaper to upgrade the motherboard and CPU, whilst keeping all the other components. SleepyTreehugger, thats an interesting link. I’m regretting having put a Pentium IV in my box. With hindsight I would have gone for a slower chip with lower power consumption.

Fortunately, when I built the machine, I put a cheap motherboard in, and spent most of my money on a good quality power supply, hard drives etc. The reasoning being that its cheaper to upgrade the motherboard and CPU, whilst keeping all the other components.

]]> By: SleepyTreehugger http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/07/24/blackle/#comment-29761 SleepyTreehugger Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:38:47 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/07/24/blackle/#comment-29761 For the fellow computer nerds amoung us. Check this out. http://www.opensparc.net/about.html For the fellow computer nerds amoung us. Check this out.

http://www.opensparc.net/about.html

]]> By: bjchip http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/07/24/blackle/#comment-29759 bjchip Thu, 26 Jul 2007 02:21:47 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/07/24/blackle/#comment-29759 samiuela Don't worry 'bout it. I have to get it past the financial committee first, and I am really tough on myself when I start to spend money on hardware. I have 7 separate boxes right now, of which 3 are being rehabilitated and one is being retired. Several of them are cast-offs that other people were ditching. I have e-waste I can't bring myself to toss. A good working EGA monitor for instance. I have a good DOS based game to go with it and the MB and the memory and CPU... just have to set it all up so my kids can play "Starflight" and "Starflight2" which are definitively NOT shooters and can teach a couple of useful behaviours... and given the machines involved, patience as well :-) ... also have an original IBM-PC version (350 point) of Adventure. Now you play it online if you want. http://www.wesleyholland.com/misc/adventure/adventure.html Which reminds me of this government sometimes "You are in a maze of twisty passages all alike" respectfully BJ ciao BJ samiuela

Don’t worry ’bout it. I have to get it past the financial committee first, and I am really tough on myself when I start to spend money on hardware. I have 7 separate boxes right now, of which 3 are being rehabilitated and one is being retired. Several of them are cast-offs that other people were ditching. I have e-waste I can’t bring myself to toss. A good working EGA monitor for instance. I have a good DOS based game to go with it and the MB and the memory and CPU… just have to set it all up so my kids can play “Starflight” and “Starflight2″ which are definitively NOT shooters and can teach a couple of useful behaviours… and given the machines involved, patience as well :-) … also have an original IBM-PC version (350 point) of Adventure. Now you play it online if you want.

http://www.wesleyholland.com/misc/adventure/adventure.html

Which reminds me of this government sometimes “You are in a maze of twisty passages all alike”

respectfully
BJ

ciao
BJ

]]> By: samiuela http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/07/24/blackle/#comment-29756 samiuela Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:57:55 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/07/24/blackle/#comment-29756 I don't know what your requirements are, but if you are building your own machine, perhaps you could put in a CPU designed for laptops? These use a lot less power, and aren't that much slower. I have been tempted from time to time to run my server using a Soekris or Wrap box, but these are a little bit underpowered for what I want (though they would make perfectly fine routers and firewalls, and the Wrap boxes claim to only use about 5W from memory). I don’t know what your requirements are, but if you are building your own machine, perhaps you could put in a CPU designed for laptops? These use a lot less power, and aren’t that much slower.

I have been tempted from time to time to run my server using a Soekris or Wrap box, but these are a little bit underpowered for what I want (though they would make perfectly fine routers and firewalls, and the Wrap boxes claim to only use about 5W from memory).

]]> By: bjchip http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/07/24/blackle/#comment-29754 bjchip Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:14:34 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/07/24/blackle/#comment-29754 Since I haven't bought a new CPU in 6 years I don't have much that runs that hot, but I have several systems and I am looking for a new one... most likely candidate is a low power AMD dual-core. I just can't bring myself to buy another intel. respectfully BJ Since I haven’t bought a new CPU in 6 years I don’t have much that runs that hot, but I have several systems and I am looking for a new one… most likely candidate is a low power AMD dual-core. I just can’t bring myself to buy another intel.

respectfully
BJ

]]> By: samiuela http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/07/24/blackle/#comment-29753 samiuela Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:05:47 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/07/24/blackle/#comment-29753 At work I use a Mac G5. I think these are real energy hogs (interestingly, the manual which came with the machine does not list its power consumption ... maybe because it is so horrible). I often put the machine into sleep mode when I go and get a cup of tea, and always either sleep the machine or turn it off when I go home. I also run a server using a Pentium IV machine, which also uses a lot of energy. Because I can not put this machine to sleep, I have turned on APM so that the CPU gets throttled down to 360 MHz (from 3000 MHz) when it is more than 30% idle. I'm not sure how much electricity this saves, but I've notice the CPU temperature drops by about 10 degrees Celsius or more when it is throttled back. At work I use a Mac G5. I think these are real energy hogs (interestingly, the manual which came with the machine does not list its power consumption … maybe because it is so horrible). I often put the machine into sleep mode when I go and get a cup of tea, and always either sleep the machine or turn it off when I go home.

I also run a server using a Pentium IV machine, which also uses a lot of energy. Because I can not put this machine to sleep, I have turned on APM so that the CPU gets throttled down to 360 MHz (from 3000 MHz) when it is more than 30% idle. I’m not sure how much electricity this saves, but I’ve notice the CPU temperature drops by about 10 degrees Celsius or more when it is
throttled back.

]]> By: Kevyn http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/07/24/blackle/#comment-29744 Kevyn Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:49:26 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/07/24/blackle/#comment-29744 samiuela, What you say is 100% correct. Sadly what I said is common practice in a great many businesses. I suspect it is perpetrated by technophobic senior managers. Before we had screen savers (and windows 3.1 and colour screens) it was standard practice to turn PC monitors off to prevent image burn-in. And to turn computers off when they weren't being used to make them last longer. Mind you it only took a few seconds to boot a PC with a dos floppy, rather than the minutes it takes with the obese operating system we have now. The hibernate mode on my laptop should be standard on all PCs, it might cure the technophobic resistance to using the power saving features built into every modern PC. samiuela, What you say is 100% correct. Sadly what I said is common practice in a great many businesses. I suspect it is perpetrated by technophobic senior managers.

Before we had screen savers (and windows 3.1 and colour screens) it was standard practice to turn PC monitors off to prevent image burn-in. And to turn computers off when they weren’t being used to make them last longer. Mind you it only took a few seconds to boot a PC with a dos floppy, rather than the minutes it takes with the obese operating system we have now. The hibernate mode on my laptop should be standard on all PCs, it might cure the technophobic resistance to using the power saving features built into every modern PC.

]]> By: samiuela http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/07/24/blackle/#comment-29727 samiuela Wed, 25 Jul 2007 03:14:28 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/07/24/blackle/#comment-29727 Kevyn: it all depends on what the computer is used for. Switching off a desktop workstation is unlikely to cause any problems, even if the user does not shut down properly (though switching off computers without shutting down properly is definitely not recommended). If all staff switch off their computers when they go home, the power savings will be significant. On the other hand, I totally agree with you when it comes to machines which are meant to be on all the time, such as servers. In many cases, these are in locked rooms anyhow. Having said that, I worked in a place where one of the shift workers called out one of the IT staff in the middle of the night, because a computer was not working. It turned out the machine was simply unplugged from the wall. Kevyn: it all depends on what the computer is used for. Switching off a desktop workstation is unlikely to cause any problems, even if the user does not shut down properly (though switching off computers without shutting down properly is definitely not recommended). If all staff switch off their computers when they go home, the power savings will be significant.

On the other hand, I totally agree with you when it comes to machines which are meant to be on all the time, such as servers. In many cases, these are in locked rooms anyhow.

Having said that, I worked in a place where one of the shift workers called out one of the IT staff in the middle of the night, because a computer was not working. It turned out the machine was simply unplugged from the wall.

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