[SGVLUG] help save the world, pwr off game consoles

[Solomon K. Chang]

--- On Fri, 11/21/08, Dan Kegel <dank at kegel.com> wrote:
> Better: pass a bill requiring all consumer electronics
> to consume less than one milliwatt if left idle
> for more than half an hour...

Oh, this "Kegel's Law" could have some interesting ramifications...

"Nurse!  Why is this patient dead?!"
"Because Kegel's Law mandates that his life support equipment shut off if unattended for more than an hour!  It couldn't use just one milliwatt."

"Captain, why did all the engines cut out?!  We're still 30,000 feet up!"
"Kegel's Law said the auto-pilot had to shut off everything since we fell asleep for an hour!  It couldn't use just one milliwatt."

Traffic lights would stop working.  Headless rackmount servers at co-location facilities that didn't get a visitor every hour would die.

Hmm, I'm beginning to see new employment opportunities for the soon-to-be-justafiably-out-of-work Automobile Workers Union, who are already used to doing inanely idle work for high hourly contract rates...

Solomon