google turned out the lights?

[JJChicken]

I just checked it out at google.ca - woah how awesome is this!

 

[Kelemvor]

http://ecoiron.blogspot.com/20...2007-mark-ontkush.html

If google were to be black all the time...

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: swtethan
i was like... whos fucking with my web browser!!!

same thing i thought. :laugh:

 

[Cristatus]

Actually, there's no difference to energy consumption

it saves no energy; modern displays use the same amount of power regardless of what they display.

According to http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en_uk/earthhour/ in the first paragraph.

 

[glenn beck]

yet google is still running millions of high energy servers round the clock, this is stupid, this is saying hey we are telling
you to turn of your lights but we won't

 

[Bootprint]

Originally posted by: glenn beck
yet google is still running millions of high energy servers round the clock, this is stupid, this is saying hey we are telling
you to turn of your lights but we won't

Google goes solar, they get some of their power from solar.

link2

 

[KillerCharlie]

I find all this stuff hilarious - they turn out the lights everywhere for one day. A lot of good that's going to do... If they wanted to make an impact, they should do it year-round.

 

[vi edit]

This freaked me out this morning. I thought google was teh hAxoR3d!

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: glenn beck
yet google is still running millions of high energy servers round the clock, this is stupid, this is saying hey we are telling
you to turn of your lights but we won't

They need to. Do you expect them to close for the night?

 

[fire400]

swwwwwwwwwwwweeeeeet

marketting.

they are struggling amidst a slow economy, findin' ways to stay alive and keep people rememberin' things. the business will evolve immensely in the next ten years.

thank you, comrades.

 

[Bateluer]

I was wondering what the heck was going on.

 

[ViviTheMage]

saves energy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Oil]

Originally posted by: enwar3

Originally posted by: OSx86
They have the option to switch between the black page or the standard white one in the future

How so?

Because I prefer the black page

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: indamixx99
The blacked out google page only works in the U.S., as mentioned in their explanation of the page here:
http://www.google.com/intl/en/earthhour/

Google users in the United States will notice today that we "turned the lights out" on the Google.com homepage as a gesture to raise awareness of a worldwide energy conservation effort called Earth Hour. As to why we don't do this permanently - it saves no energy; modern displays use the same amount of power regardless of what they display. However, you can do something to reduce the energy consumption of your home PC by joining the Climate Savers Computing Initiative.

On Saturday, March 29, 2008, Earth Hour invites people around the world to turn off their lights for one hour ? from 8:00pm to 9:00pm in their local time zone. On this day, cities around the world, including Copenhagen, Chicago, Melbourne, Dubai, and Tel Aviv, will hold events to acknowledge their commitment to energy conservation.

Given our company's commitment to environmental awareness and energy efficiency, we strongly support the Earth Hour campaign, and have darkened our homepage today to help spread awareness of what we hope will be a highly successful global event.

 

[RbSX]

Originally posted by: OSx86

Originally posted by: enwar3

Originally posted by: OSx86
They have the option to switch between the black page or the standard white one in the future

How so?

Because I prefer the black page

You forgot the 'I hope' at the beginning of your sentence.

.

 

[imported_Imp]

Originally posted by: randay
My computer uses 1% less electricity when looking at the black page. Hurray earth!

Thought I read somewhere that the crystals have to be in their 'active' state to appear black... Certain types of panels only or I mis-read.

 

[Oil]

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: OSx86

Originally posted by: enwar3

Originally posted by: OSx86
They have the option to switch between the black page or the standard white one in the future

How so?

Because I prefer the black page

You forgot the 'I hope' at the beginning of your sentence.

.

No, I forgot the word 'should' after they

 

[eplebnista]

Originally posted by: eplebnista
Is there a way to do the same thing with the stylish plug-in?

Found one!

Link to Stylish :thumbsup: