Comments on: benefit #24 – use less standby power

By: minimalist.minimalist.minimalist. « Adventures Wherever He leads.

minimalist.minimalist.minimalist. « Adventures Wherever He leads. — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:36:50 +0000

[...] benefit #24 – use less standby power [...]

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:29:55 +0000

What’s really ironic about Rick’s comment is that if he really wanted to be the grammar police, he should have been all over the lack of capitalization first rather than worrying about a rather nit-picky points of language use.

(By the way, your stuff is great and I don’t give three hoo-hahs about your use of capitals or the word less)

By: Standby power - Wolf’s Little Store

Standby power - Wolf’s Little Store — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:55:54 +0000

[...] Another solution is to just reduce the number of electrical appliances in your home.”Becoming Minimalist [...]

By: Aitch

Aitch — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:57:03 +0000

I continue on a path to minimalism but on the other hand I am a realist and recognise that sometimes I need to buy new devices. I have a pseudo household rule of thumb that says “1 plug in”, “2 plugs out”.

I needed a new printer for my business correspondence but spent a bit more than usual getting a high quality device that had wireless and an on/off button (wow!!). My previous contraption involved a print server.

Result: +1 new printer plug; -1 old printer plug, -1 old network print server plug.

We bought a new TV (to replace an inefficient 20 year old CRT) and again, +1 new TV, -1 old TV, -1 digibox no longer required as built in. And one of the criteria was a nice easy to access on / off switch!

This gradual war of attrition on plugs over the last few years has greatly reduced our “standby” and I measure this with an “Owl” device .

By: Rick is a Dick

Rick is a Dick — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:37:58 +0000

Rick … can you and so many other we-is-teh-grammar-polices kindly STFU? I know you feel compelled to correct peoples’ grammar in an attempt to feel superior, proper, etc. But your additions to the interwebs are pollution and rude.

[Not to mention, if you look "less" up in a contemporary dictionary, you'll find that it can indeed be used to indicate a lower number.]

By: Rick Roberts

Rick Roberts — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:14:52 +0000

Argh … can you and so many other late-web-writers please learn the difference between less and fewer? Google is your friend. Look it up, and stop sounding stupid. You probably also use I as an object because you never learned the difference, don’t you?