Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/25

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Subject: [Leica] Tina and Her Computer: Lightening Strike!
From: red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone)
Date: Fri Jun 25 04:10:42 2004
 
It is both a waste of electricity and does do a certain damage to the
atmosphere....  A laptop computer itself uses about as much electricity as a
night light, a desktop uses about as much as a 60 w bulb.  Would you leave a
60 w bulb on at your house if you were gone for 3 weeks?  I doubt it.
But you might leave on a night light.

However more important is the damage that could be done to your data if
something happens to your power lines.  Shut it off if you are gone a Glitch
( regardless of your UPS ( uninterruptible power supply)  size or quality)
can get to your computer and make files or programs get scrambled.

Frank Filippone
red735i@earthlink.net
In reply to: Message from msmall at infionline.net (Marc James Small) ([Leica] Tina and Her Computer: Lightening Strike!)