Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 21:46:08 +0200 From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: "Randall Hamilton" <nitedog@silly.pikachu.org>, "Terry Lambert" <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, "Brad Knowles" <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Cc: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org>, "Giorgos Keramidas" <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, "Miguel Mendez" <flynn@energyhq.homeip.net>, <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: The road ahead? Message-ID: <p05111720b90db122c6c4@[10.9.8.215]> In-Reply-To: <001101c1fef4$6858cd10$0301a8c0@nitedog> References: <20020516004909.A9808@daemon.tisys.org> <20020516151801.A47974@energyhq.homeip.net> <20020516172853.A7750@daemon.tisys.org> <3CE40759.7C584101@mindspring.com> <20020516220616.A51305@energyhq.homeip.net> <3CE43D08.1FDBF0A3@mindspring.com> <20020517163624.GB9697@hades.hell.gr> <3CE58F73.1A7F50AF@mindspring.com> <p05111717b90b4c01f392@[10.9.8.215]> <15589.63655.94078.482179@guru.mired.org> <3CE61284.80ADD241@mindspring.com> <15590.58578.811389.223502@guru.mired.org> <3CE6E8ED.84E431F@mindspring.com> <p0511171cb90c9c2dbde0@[10.9.8.215]> <3CE6F73C.2A8F4EA2@mindspring.com> <p0511171eb90caf2c31ae@[10.9.8.215]> <001101c1fef4$6858cd10$0301a8c0@nitedog>
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At 1:17 AM -0400 2002/05/19, Randall Hamilton wrote:
> I would much rather turn off my tv by the remote then climb behind my
> entertainment stand and unplug it when im done watching it.
That's "using the software". You don't think that the red or
green colored button on your remote actually has any physical
connection to the power supply of the TV, do you?
> same concept
> applies to every other device i own. unplugging it is simply a horrid way of
> doing it. the general standard is power switches = good.
There are hard switches, and "using the software". There's a difference.
--
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.
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