Might want to check your math. Of course any calculation will have to make certain assumptions so results will vary.

The OP said one of his uses could be as a file server. 24/7 = 8760 hrs/yr. Assuming the G5 sucks down 200W vs a power-efficient 60W file server PC which is reasonable by today's standards, that's a 140W difference. That's 1226.4 kWh of wasted electricity. At 10c/W, just to keep the math simple, he's paying an extra $122.64 in utility bills per yr. If he were very savvy & frugal, he might be able to put together a system for that much. Definitely $245 over 2 yrs would easily pay for such a system.

You're parting with your hard earned cash by keeping that G5 running. Your higher electricity costs would probably pay for a new, power efficient system in a year or two. Just admit the fanboism and we can settle the debate.

Might be illegal. Most countries have import/export laws that cover living/organic material. Animals, vegetables, fruits, insects... mostly aimed at preventing spread of disease. Is crabs considered a disease? Could this be considered bio-warfare? :P

I full well understand the backlight technology of LCD displays. Logically, the pixel is turned on/off regardless of the underlying technology.

Seriously stop trolling and trying to look smart when you're grasping @ straws.

You don't understand LCD technology since you seem obsessed with flicker. LCDs are not like CRTs. CRT phosphors fade and have to be refreshed in time or they disappear to nothing. That causes the refresh-dependent flickering. LCD pixels do not fade. The controller tells a pixel to turn on, it stays on until the controller tells it to turn off. The only refresh-related metric to be concerned with LCDs is how fast the pixel can turn on & off.

Gas prices will rise for a number of reasons. 1) Emotional reaction and perceived scarcity, 2) The oil industry behaves more as a cartel, 3) Shipping lanes may be blocked due to the spill, preventing refineries in Louisiana from getting enough crude.

Even before this terrible tragedy, gas price was projected to rise this summer due to increased demand.

And BP will basically get off free. They'll follow Exxon's lead with endless appeals that whittle away the settlement amount and delay vital cleanup funds and aid to the people who need it most. Read up on what happened in Alaska.

LMAO still at it? Have fun with your miserable sounding life. Go wail away in the darkness. Maybe you will grow up, maybe you won't.. K'Bye

Heheh you're kinda funny in a sad Andrew-Dice-Clay-wannabe way. You should keep your day job, though it doesn't sound like you'll be able to for much longer given your self-induced stress. How much time did you spend on that expletive-laden rant when you could've been solving the problem in question?

BTW your analogies are so ridiculous that you undermine your own arguments.

Glad that you're sharing your thoughts for future generations to refer to. They might get even more of a chuckle out of it in the future.

"You wouldn't understand that though, being an ignorant opinionated fuckface asshole dipshit though would you?"

I think you summed up your entire life in one sentence LOL.

Seriously chill out and learn to understand that there's more than one way to see things and that maybe, just maybe, you're not always right.

A little emotional are we?

If you actually read and digest my comment, you might see that I never said it was easy or trivial. There is a solution regardless of the simplicity or the complexity.

If you despise IE that much (and no here one would fault you for that), don't code for it. Or disable the eye candy for IE users and recommend that they use a standards compliant browser. This isn't 2000, there's more than one viable alternative to IE. "Oh but we'll lose sooo much business without IE." Put your money where your mouth is. You sound like a man/woman of conviction. Use those convictions.

Oh and BTW: Grow Up.

Bitmap pictures are easily scaled. Loss of quality is a minor issue compared to a postage-stamp-sized pic that shouldn't be so small.

Maybe your ilk of web designers should stop getting so defensive and start finding solutions. You know, kind of like how engineers find solutions.

But corps have the legal rights of a citizen here in the states. It's like they get the best of both worlds, and the average worker gets screwed at both ends.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAE_J1772

Why the Japanese feel that they need to come up with ANOTHER non-standard standard is really quite annoying.

eldavojohn wrote "what China is doing. They don't hate freedom and I find personifying things like tyranny, terror and information saying that they hate, love or want is very detrimental to arguments."

You sir are what is often called an Intellectual Idiot. You make broad statements about an oppressive government which you've never had to live under. Get out a bit more, see the world, maybe China even if you're not so scared of going.

Exactly, just as Bushy's administration justified torture by saying that "they do it too". Oh how low the USA has gone...