On 6 Jan, 13:05, Fod
googlemail.com> wrote:> On Jan 6, 7:11 am, Doug
riseup.net> wrote:
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>>> On 9 Dec 2007, 13:53, Conor
hotmail.com> wrote:> In article >
>>>> Wrong again. One example of frivolous is all those car journeys of
>>>> under five miles just to pick up, say, a newspaper and indeed any
>>>> journey that is not essential. Each frivolous journey uses non-
>>>> renewables and pollutes.
>
>>> I don't know anyone who does 5 miles to get a newspaper and my car can
>>> run on renewable fuel sources.
>
>> Do you mean so called non-renewables which require considerable energy
>> and pollution to produce and are obtained at the expense of food
>> supplies?
>
>>>> My own journeys are mainly by bicycle and I use computers to eliminate
>>>> the need for many journeys, that is why my use of non-renewables and
>>>> pollution contribution is much less than yours.
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>>> Note the word "computers" denoting the use of multiple ones when one
>>> would suffice.
>
>> So what happens when that one breaks down and also can't run a wide
>> range of software nor can run multiple high end applications
>> simultaneusly? What do you use your single computer for?
>
> You could follow the various bits of advice given to you over the
> years that showed how you could downsize from many computers to one or
> two...
>
Point 1. The only way I could downsize to one, which would not be very
satisfactory, would be to buy a very expensive computer, a load of
slow emulation software and probably lots of new application software.
Even then I doubt it would have the speed and flexibility of several
computers.
Point 2. What am I supposed to do with my old and still servicable
computers which run a range of platforms?
Point 3. Even four computers consume very much less energy than a car.
Hypocrite motorists please take note.
