Comments on: Why the WebCam is Offline http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2007/05/20/why-the-webcam-is-offline/ Web site and blog for Maria Langer, freelance writer, commercial helicopter pilot, and serious amateur photographer. Sat, 19 May 2012 12:28:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: vs http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2007/05/20/why-the-webcam-is-offline/#comment-955 vs Mon, 21 May 2007 14:04:21 +0000 http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2007/05/20/why-the-webcam-is-offline/#comment-955 Have enjoyed your escapades in flying and 'landlording' as well as comments about Wickenburg. We are looking at Wickenburg as a possible destination for the Winter season. Sometimes being at the 'edge of nowhere' isn't too bad. Look forward to more comments about Wickenburg. Be safe flying. It's a long way from the 'edge of nowhere' to LAX. Have enjoyed your escapades in flying and ‘landlording’ as well as comments about Wickenburg. We are looking at Wickenburg as a possible destination for the Winter season. Sometimes being at the ‘edge of nowhere’ isn’t too bad. Look forward to more comments about Wickenburg.

Be safe flying. It’s a long way from the ‘edge of nowhere’ to LAX.

]]> By: Miraz Jordan http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2007/05/20/why-the-webcam-is-offline/#comment-954 Miraz Jordan Sun, 20 May 2007 19:59:44 +0000 http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2007/05/20/why-the-webcam-is-offline/#comment-954 A few months ago there was quite a bit of discussion about the amount of power used when things are still plugged in at the wall. I had all sorts of cellphone chargers and the like that I'd leave plugged in and switched on even though I wasn't actively using them at the time. Now I try to switch off and disconnect devices I'm not actually using. I don't extend that to the TV and things with clocks in where it would be a real pain to pull the plug, but if I can save a few cents by such an easy action (and a few grams or kilos of CO2), then why not? A few months ago there was quite a bit of discussion about the amount of power used when things are still plugged in at the wall. I had all sorts of cellphone chargers and the like that I’d leave plugged in and switched on even though I wasn’t actively using them at the time.

Now I try to switch off and disconnect devices I’m not actually using.

I don’t extend that to the TV and things with clocks in where it would be a real pain to pull the plug, but if I can save a few cents by such an easy action (and a few grams or kilos of CO2), then why not?

]]> By: TJF http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2007/05/20/why-the-webcam-is-offline/#comment-953 TJF Sun, 20 May 2007 15:31:23 +0000 http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2007/05/20/why-the-webcam-is-offline/#comment-953 Like you, I also recently read about the enormous use of electricity for unused items. What I found more disturbing was that the "OFF" position of very many devices is not off at all, but rather a stand-by mode which still consumes quite a bit of the potential draw of the device. I'm a stickler for turning things off, but that taught me that, short of pulling the plug at the wall, it is largely a waste of time. Like you, I also recently read about the enormous use of electricity for unused items. What I found more disturbing was that the “OFF” position of very many devices is not off at all, but rather a stand-by mode which still consumes quite a bit of the potential draw of the device. I’m a stickler for turning things off, but that taught me that, short of pulling the plug at the wall, it is largely a waste of time.

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