Ok, someone PLEASE teach me how to explain the fact that CRT monitors left on, waste power. It is apparent that my dad's s/o doesn't comprehend this fact. She leaves the monitor on. But here's the kicker, I change the power settings in control panel to have the monitor turn off after 20 minutes. She changes it back to 3 hours. I am not kidding you all one bit. And this has been an on going battle. I come home and I see dad's monitor left on wasting power and eating $$$. This happened yesterday too, I changed the settings, and they were changec back. I can only come to one of two conclusions. One, her mental capacity isn't what I would call typical. Two, she is doing this purposefully to anger me, or for some spiteful purpose.

I'm not doing this just because I can or I want to (sort of). I am trying to save my dad MONEY! And she is not helping me here.



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Maybe she's just naturally stupid.

Is there a way to password protect the power settings?

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Punch her in the throat. You save money, and she's no longer wasting our oxygen.

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so here's what you do. You create a superadmin account on the PC using your dad's existing Admin account. You then lower his settings to the point where he can install and run whatever software he wants, but system settings are locked. You then go through the superadmin account and set the time to whatever you want, and she's SOL on changing it back. Then they ask you why it won't work, and you say because I don't want it to work.

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Have GBK write a program that causes goatse to appear on the monitor when she changes the settings. That'll put a stop to things *real* quick.

Create seperate accounts for everyone and restrict her access to system settings?

Or get someone to write you a program to reset it to 20 minutes everytime the computer boots.

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try buying a monitor that isn't an energy hog

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no say its a glitch...or a virus...or bill gates actualy trieing to safe someones money[whens gbk gonna come in and say some linux crap...]linux ssucks seriosly!do a google search on linux sucks and see

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[This message has been edited by imsoshort (edited July 21, 2004).]

That would be a good idea (latter one) but the computer is hardly if ever turned off. Like I said, it operates as the fax machine. But I should do the superuser access.


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You did talk and explain it to her?

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I was sent these links regarding power consumption of CRT monitors and PCs. Interesting reads especially the ones from dansdata.com. I want to say that they support my claims of monitors draining power although not as much power as I suspect.

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=50&threadid=1349489&enterthread=y
http://www.dansdata.com/power.htm
http://www.dansdata.com/power2.htm
http://www.pcguide.com/care/care/compMonitors-c.html

And yes I did talk to her directly about it.

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I read somewhere once that with all the power wasted by monitors being left on all over the US in a year, it would total something like 11 billion kw/hour, or enough money to power a million households for a year.

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You obviously don't know what you are talking about



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What was her defence about changing the settings? this should be interesting...

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kill her.

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Drugs & Stupidity, Tons of it.

I'm working at an elementary school this summer, and I swear every single monitor in the whole school gets left on 27/7 unless the machine gets unplugged. Is it that hard to push that little button?

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27/7???

What kind of crazy measurement of time are you using?

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Its like 24/7, only more emphatic.

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"Some people play tennis. I erode the human soul"
-Tycho, Penny Arcade
"I'm a Cannabal-Vegitarian. I will BBQ an employee if there is no veggie option"
-DX:IW
A Knight's Tail
Exile: A Tale of Light in Dark
The Never Ending Story²[/i]

Exactly! I meant to write it that way.

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Thought this was some gauntlet thread...

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Not if the households have CRT monitors.

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sounds like the wizard is actually pissed off.
changing your computer settings would piss me off too.

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Pissed off?

sure it wastes power, but not that much.. i wouldn't make such a big deal out of it .

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What's an s/o? Sadistic Orderly? Satanic Owl?

significant other

oh and do what yecti said

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Sounds like a hell of deal.

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An update:

I'm not going to reason with them now. If they want the power wasted, their problem now. I try to be helpful and I'm told stop. Well to hell with them.

Oooh ooh. Wanna know the kicker? I know if I leave a light on unintentionally, I will get told about it. The ideology of "do as I say, not as I do" is rank in this family.

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Move out.

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Is the superuser account still an option? If they ask you about it you could just tell them they broke it and you don't know how to fix it...or something.

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Banks and banks of humming machinery! I've never seen so many knobs. We're going to have to do something, Charlie! Try pushing that button there. No? How about that one? No, not that one either. I know! I'll try pushing this one. Hold my hat will you? Good fellow.

Thrawn... that would be dishonest.

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If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

I hope you called them morons, and used the F word frequently. Throw it in their faces. And don't forget to call them hypocrites... and be sure use the F word frequently.

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For a healty meal, eat mashed potatoes, peas, and catloaf.
"Massassi's cuttin' into my free time, man."

Valuable Life Lesson: Frog + Potato Gun = Blindness

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...DogSRoOL, that would be obscene and disrespectful.

*enjoys his new position as moral advisor*

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If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Jsu to ask, who told you to leave it alone? your dad od the woman? if its your dad, that sucks. if it the s/o, then go talk to your dad about it. If you explain it well to him, he should beable to get her to understand. may.

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"Some people play tennis. I erode the human soul"
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"I'm a Cannabal-Vegitarian. I will BBQ an employee if there is no veggie option"
-DX:IW
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Exile: A Tale of Light in Dark
The Never Ending Story²[/i]

But hilarious. If only I could watch.

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For a healty meal, eat mashed potatoes, peas, and catloaf.
"Massassi's cuttin' into my free time, man."

Valuable Life Lesson: Frog + Potato Gun = Blindness

[This message has been edited by DogSRoOL (edited July 23, 2004).]

Noble Outlaw, that would be conniving and manipulative.

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If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

No. It wouldn't.

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I'm not an actor. I just play one on TV.

Avenger, that comment was negative and argumentative.

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If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Yes. It was.

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I'm not an actor. I just play one on TV.

It was the woman. She lives there yet my life is dictacted from there. Sorry, that's not how it works. You live here, then you have some power. But you live there, ergo no power. But I found out that dad doesn't like the monitor going off every 20 minutes so it's 2 against 1. Like I said, screw it. I'm dealing with stubbornness and ignorance, very dangerous combination. I've tried to explain to her that leaving it on is like consuming a 100W light-bulb. Soon I hope it will be financially feasable to move out. Right now it is not, much to my chagrin.

Oh well.


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