Google destroying the planet!

[Wingtip]

Environmental Impact of Google Searches
I have just one thing to say -
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Forgive me if I don't loose any sleep over this!

 

[DrEntropy]

Brilliant.

Next we'll be condemning recycled shoelaces.

 

[GregW]

Studies like that are a case study in the means justify the end, in this case, a grant. Wonder what the comparable carbon footprint of a piece of junk mail is. Travels all the way to my door just to be thrown in the recycle bin.

 

[DrEntropy]

Not to mention th' pulp it took to make it. And the processes involved from tree to trash.

"Praise th' Company!"


or th' idjits condemning it. I'm still more a fan of Walt Kelly and Bill Mauldin than Al Gore.

 

[mailbox]

Studies like that are a case study in the means justify the end, in this case, a grant. Wonder what the comparable carbon footprint of a piece of junk mail is. Travels all the way to my door just to be thrown in the recycle bin.

Hey, hey, hey, That's called a PAYCHECK around here.

 

[GregW]

I used to work at the post office, so I got paid by it too. Still wish people could opt out. I take a grocery bag of mail out each week, never even look at it. What a waste.

 

[NutmegCT]

Of course, wouldn't desktops, laptops, and Google (plus all the intervening systems) use almost the same amount of energy even if we let them sit idle and we just go fishing?

Re: junk mail -

Wonder if there's a way to pay NOT to receive that stuff. Plus ...

I'd actually pay (someone?) extra for my TV programming if it didn't have over 20% of the time devoted to commercials. Watched National Geo channel a few nights ago; 17 min of ads in a 60 minute show.

T.
and in a completely unrelated thought ... this woman is BEAUTIFUL:

Bianna Golodryga
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5563553

OK - back to reality.

 

[zblu]

Wonder if they are game to publish results of a printed newsheet (your choice of newspaper)footprint vs the google print!, or the resultant footprint of their causal interpretation of such

 

[Basil]

I'd actually pay (someone?) extra for my TV programming if it didn't have over 20% of the time devoted to commercials. Watched National Geo channel a few nights ago; 17 min of ads in a 60 minute show.

Well, you could always do what I did and get Dish Network (I used to have Direct TV but have found customer support with Dish much better). I have their ViP 722 DVR which allows me to record 500GB worth of programming (You can add USB-2 Hard Drives to expand that capability). If I know there is a show I want to watch, I can record it for viewing later (and as often as I want). When watching a recorded show, when you come to a commercial, the remote has a "skip ahead" button that lets you skip ahead about 30-seconds per click (I think that is configurable). So, a couple quick clicks on that button and you skip right past the commercials and you're back to the show.

If you don't want to record the show, you can just pause it when it first comes on (yes, you can actually pause live TV). Then, go do something for about 30 minutes or so, then come back and hit the play button and watch your show. Since you're now watching a delayed recording, you can again skip ahead when you get to commercials. This method does not record the show permanently, and once you skip ahead enough, you will be back to "live" TV.

You can also schedule to record shows. You can set up the schedule to make a one-time recording of a specific show, or you can set it to record a weeks worth, or you can set it to record every instance of a show. For example, I have it set up to record every episode of The Honeymooners no matter when it comes on.

 

[NutmegCT]

Basil - that is a great idea. I already use DishTV. I think you just gave me the final kick I needed to switch to HDTV.

Pay the extra $9.99/mo for HD service, add one of the HD packages, and get the ViP 722 DVR.

$$$

Anyway, thanks for the recommendation.

Question for you: With my DVD recorder now, I can record any Dish programming to a DVD, then take the DVD to the office, museum, or my laptop. In other words, I can record and play it back anywhere I can take the DVD.

If I switch to Dish DVR, is there a relatively seamless way to transfer from the DVR to a DVD? I assume the DVR only records "internally", and not to a DVD.

Thanks.
Tom
PS - I just checked out the Black and Gold.; I really like the look. I didn't know you were a fan of the N.O. Saints! But - I notice a few of the forum icons (the "trophy") now show up as question marks in the thread listings. Plus <lol> is just a question mark in Wingtip's first post above. Maybe others?

 

[Basil]

I've never tried recording anything from Dish to a DVD, but then I don't have a DVD recorder. Maybe someone else can help?

I'll have to check on the icons for the new style. I probably have a few messed up I need to fix.

 

[JamesWilson]

Nonsense really.

What's important is the "net" effect of using a Google search as compared to the other searches possible.

Like going to the library and looking something up, or going to several libraries to find something particularly obscure; or phoning around and personally bothering people trying to get information.

Now, if only people didn't believe so much of the nonsense (like this) that's on the web....

 

[tony barnhill]

Just switched from Dish & bundled telephone, internet, & TV together through Mediacom for less than $100 per month...saved $139 per month doing so - & I have ability to store more TV programs than I could ever watch.....plus it's HD!

 

[angelfj1]

Nonsense really.

What's important is the "net" effect of using a Google search as compared to the other searches possible.

Like going to the library and looking something up, or going to several libraries to find something particularly obscure; or phoning around and personally bothering people trying to get information.

Now, if only people didn't believe so much of the nonsense (like this) that's on the web....

<span style="color: #000099"><span style="font-weight: bold">ah, brings back those horrible memories of using the Dewey Decimal System and actually searching the "stacks" at my university library. That was oh so inefficient, but we had no choice. Google is wonderful and this talk about energy waste is nonsense (IMHO)!</span></span>

 

[NutmegCT]

Now, if only people didn't believe so much of the nonsense (like this) that's on the web....

Amen!

Amazing that so few people seem to actually *check* what they read on the web and think about it. Like "blogs" and opinions have become popular encyclopedias - and taken as holy writ. Yeesh.

Tom