Re: The good, the bad, the insane

[Martin Häsler <martin haesler googlemail com>]

On 05/27/11 17:12, Owen Taylor wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-05-27 at 08:53 -0700, Diego Fernandez wrote:
>
> > Well then couldn't there just be a 'Power Off' and 'Suspend' option in
> > the menu then?  That doesn't seem too confusing... Suspend = "I'll be
> > back in a bit and want to get back to what I was doing".  Power Off =
> > "I'm done for a while and just want to turn the computer off".  Of
> > course the power off option should follow current behaviour of asking
> > wether one wants to power off or restart.
> OK, let's assume the user gets that distinction clear in their mind.
> Do they then realize that Suspend is a quite reasonable thing (*) to do
> when "back in a bit" means "tomorrow"? Usually, no, they don't.
>
> - Owen
>
> (*) I'm willing to say that turning your computer off at the wall
>      every night is *also* reasonable for certain users, but if you
>      crunch the numbers it's spending a lot of time for something that
>      isn't very high on anybody's carbon footprint..
Please feel free to crunch the numbers, because I've got not idea, what
you are talking of.
Also a computer takes < 10 seconds to power off, how is that a lot of time ?

And of course it is not reasonable at all to suspend when back in a bit 
means tomorrow.
That is a waste of energy and money.

martin