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Zilch -- I'm tied to the mains like a junkie.

8993 votes / 26%

Some computer use, but less than an hour.

4746 votes / 13%

1-2 hours of computer use.

4367 votes / 12%

2-5 hours of computer use.

5393 votes / 15%

More than 5 hours of computer use.

4047 votes / 11%

Oh, did you mean Internet, too?

7028 votes / 20%

34574 total votes.

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It's not the battery time... (Score:5, Funny)

by pintpusher ( 854001 ) writes: on Wednesday February 16, 2011 @12:47AM (#35217988) Journal

It's the beeping, THE BEEPING!! from all the UPSs in my apartment, and my upstairs neighbor.
All the beeping, and blinking, and flashing and beeping...

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I can steal electricity (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday February 16, 2011 @01:35AM (#35218184)

There's an outlet in the closet that's not on our apartment's breaker. We didn't pay our electric bill for a few months and we were supposedly without power for two weeks in November, but we ran laptops, a modem and router, a stereo, and occasionally a microwave or toaster with a couple extension cords and UPS systems.

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Re:Generoators (Score:5, Funny)

by pspahn ( 1175617 ) writes: on Wednesday February 16, 2011 @02:38AM (#35218414)

Besides that I used mine more camping keeping my car battery charged while I pump beats and run a bar fridge full of cold beer!
I was waiting for you to get to the camping part.

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Re:My mobile phone will last a couple of days (Score:3, Funny)

by makubesu ( 1910402 ) writes: on Wednesday February 16, 2011 @02:57AM (#35218490)

Duh, solar power charges don't work when it's black out.

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It's not the battery time... (Score:5, Funny)

I can steal electricity (Score:0, Funny)

Re:Generoators (Score:5, Funny)

Re:My mobile phone will last a couple of days (Score:3, Funny)