Re: Love and Hate

Richard wrote:
>> as active firewalls they would not be in standby
>
> Correct. As a replacement for 'Internet Connection Sharing' for other
> computers they allow the existing large machine to shut down because
> it is no longer the proxy.
>
>> The most I could do was to get it to go into screen saver mode.
>
> As the old machines will run headless there is no need to bother with
> any screen saver, though they do actually blank the screen if they
> have one. Freesco without a Hard drive doesn't need standby mode for
> that either.

It's STILL going to pull 100+ watts just sitting there (compared to maybe 10
watts for a router). In a year the extra cost of power would have paid for
the router.

And you will NOT be harming the environment if you leave the old machine in
a school yard playground at night.

I swear to God, I'm going to take advantage of the "kitten syndrome" as
applied to obsolete computers. Bring your old machine to my "adpotion
center," pay me $40 for "shots," er, "refurbishing," and I PROMISE you I
will find loving, caring, people who will welcome this piece of ***, er,
vintage machinery into their homes, caring for it tenderly in its golden
years.


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