[ale] 0.15c an hour

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Christopher Fowler wrote:

>I think a lot of us keep our computers on 24x7 and do not realize what
>the costs are.  My wife just pays the power bill each month.  I don't
>even know how much the bill is.
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>On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 23:45 -0500, James P. Kinney III wrote:
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>>On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 17:50 -0500, Christopher Fowler wrote:
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>>>On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 17:02 -0500, Calvin Harrigan wrote:
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>>>>That's .15 cents, not .15 dollars.
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>>>>It's 0.0015 dollars per hour if you will.
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>>>Maybe I'm reading it wrong.  The article states is costs between 10 - 20
>>>US Cents per hour to run a computer.
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>>That must include the windows support costs :)
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My machine is off more than on.  In a given week it's on maybe 24 hrs.  
I usually compute in blocks of time, not distributed throughout the day.
If I have to leave it on during the winter months though, it makes the 
office nice and toasty.  :-)

Calvin...