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- detritus0
Yeah, computers do use more when powering up - but 100watt appears to be about the average stand around time.
My PC has a 600watt PSU, whilst multicore PCs go way higher, so I shudder to think how much energy is used when I'm maxxing it out.
I think CRTs benefit from staying on all the time, as their lifecycle is cut short otherwise - likewise, turning your HDs off/on repeatedly and quickly, but going through the cycle once or twice a day won't do them or your other modern electronics any harm.
Like I say - if you're actually using your PC regularly, then go for it - but like not leaving your lights on when you leave the room, if you can you should turn it off when it's not really being used.
- detritus0
That is to say, I give you my permission.
I'm good like that.
- acescence0
A few years ago I read a story about a firehouse somewhere that had a lightbulb way up high on the ceiling that had been on for 45+ years. It was never turned off/on in that entire time, and the on/off process is what typically burns them out.
mg33
(Nov 14 07, 08:16)106 actually! and it has been turned on/off, just not many times.
- version30
livermore, mg
- detritus0
lol 'Bulb Cam' - that's fantastic.
I love the internet.
- mg330
Ahem, bulb cam??
The nerve of some people!
:D
- doesnotexist0
on a mac
- acescence0
on a mac
doesnotexist
(Nov 14 07, 10:53)1. open system prefs > sharing
2. click FTP access
3. forward port 21 on the public side of your router to the private IP of your computer
4. create a dyndns account: http://www.dyndns.com/services/d…
- ribit0
what acescence said.
plus you can access over Apple File Sharing, FTP , http, whatever you like... you just need to forward ports 548, 21, 80 etc in the router setup so they point to the computer on your LAn that is running that service.
You can also access the same type of service onmultiple computers if you can run on a custom port... for example I had a second mac running Apple File Sharing on port 549 instead of 548, the router sending port 549 to that computer, and then you connect to it using afp://yourdomain.dyndns.org:549
- ribit0
actually no I didnt...
I had the router forwarding the public port 548 to private port 548 on the first mac, and public port 549 to the private port 548 on the second mac. so no changes on the mac, just a bit of shuffling at the router... (your router needs to support public/private port mapping).