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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!think.com!enterpoop.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!minsky
  3. From: minsky@media.mit.edu (Marvin Minsky)
  4. Subject: Re: leaving macs running for extended periods
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec31.224516.28924@news.media.mit.edu>
  6. Sender: news@news.media.mit.edu (USENET News System)
  7. Organization: MIT Media Laboratory
  8. References: <C04tGK.12s@iapa.uucp%mailhost.ecn.uoknor.edu> <1992Dec31.212819.484@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
  9. Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 22:45:16 GMT
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  12. Consider the electric bill.  If you have a big system and a big
  13. terminal, you might be using 2-300 watts.  Each watt is perhaps 75
  14. cents per year.  Maybe it's worth it in extended computer/disk life.
  15. No one seems to know!
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