I sure as heck didn’t. Like Engadget asked back in February, “how about we all decide to hold our breath for 24 hours, too?” In case you hadn’t heard, today was International Shutdown Day. Yup, they wanted us to not use computers for a day. Fat chance! Engadget explains:
It seems that a pair of men named Dennis Bystrov and Michael Taylor — bitter victims of the bubble, we suspect — want to perform a social experiment wherein people all over the world boycott computers for an entire day; willing participants are encouraged to click a pledge of sorts on the International Shutdown Day website promising to forgo any and all PC usage on March 24th.
Heh, like that was gonna happen. This is the funny part though:
Still, we’ve no qualms with operating in a much greener fashion, but considering that the protesters’ website is actually up and running on a power-sucking machine as we speak, it makes you wonder who the real hypocrites are, no?
So much for dedication to their cause!
Read: Engadget
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I was walking around my house the other day noticing all the little ‘standby’ LEDs looking at me, wondering how many light bulbs that adds up to – but it’s only milliwatts…
OK, I drive a hybrid car and I am concerned about the amount of negative criticism people are having to this guy – http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/17/homeowner-of-solar-hydrogen-house-has-0-00-utility-bill/ – I think he’s an innovator, but I understand who may criticise him and why.
On a social note, the PC is a huge absorber of time just above video games – but I think that’s a parental responsibility.