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Postby geokilla » Sat Mar 28, 2009 4:44 pm

So who's participating? I'm participating since I'm going out to eat tonight. As a folder, my computer will be off from when I go out to when I go home, then I might leave one of the computer on overnight in order to meet the folding deadline.
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Re: Earth Hour

Postby vicaphit » Sat Mar 28, 2009 5:51 pm

I am at work, and we require computers, so I won't. "It doesn't meet the requirements of the business"
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Re: Earth Hour

Postby geokilla » Sat Mar 28, 2009 5:57 pm

Apparently, I'm making the folding deadlines so my comp will be all night during and most likely after Earth Hour.
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Re: Earth Hour

Postby DaIceMan » Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:08 pm

As soon as I saw the title of the post, I said "awww, crap", so you can likely guess whether or not I participated.

Maybe I'll kill all the computers tonight while I sleep... of course, then it will be so quiet I won't be able to sleep in here and will likely get up and turn on the TV for noise, thus defeating the purpose.
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Re: Earth Hour

Postby kappage » Sun Mar 29, 2009 4:17 am

hell i left my pc on just for fun :lol:
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Re: Earth Hour

Postby skier » Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:06 pm

i wasn't in my room to turn stuff off, but i shut my stereo off and unplugged my laptop over night :\
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Re: Earth Hour

Postby martini161 » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:28 pm

i firedup everything i had during earth hour :) even turned on all the lights in my house
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Re: Earth Hour

Postby vicaphit » Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:03 pm

You just have to be different don't you Martin?
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Re: Earth Hour

Postby martini161 » Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:22 pm

vicaphit wrote:You just have to be different don't you Martin?

not really, i just hate hippies :mrgreen:
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Re: Earth Hour

Postby vicaphit » Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:38 pm

Who doesn't?
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Re: Earth Hour

Postby geokilla » Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:09 pm

martini161 wrote:
vicaphit wrote:You just have to be different don't you Martin?

not really, i just hate hippies :mrgreen:

Am I said hippie for bringing up Earth Hour and participating in raising awareness? Well I've accomplished my goal. That's to raise awareness about Earth Hour and what it does.
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Re: Earth Hour

Postby The Black Pumpkin » Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:52 pm

The thing I find funniest about Earth Hour is this:

Al Gore left really bright flood lights on at his mansion and even had several lights on inside. Heard about it on Rusty Humphrey tonight. :lol:
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Re: Earth Hour

Postby stev » Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:24 am

I charged my cell phone. :)

Sat in the dark taking a nap.

That was very productive.
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Re: Earth Hour

Postby Illuminati » Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:18 pm

I was at the in-laws who use a wood-burning furnace... I'd say I participated without even knowing it! Our computers and furnace were off over the weekend since we were out of town.
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Re: Earth Hour

Postby martini161 » Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:04 pm

geokilla wrote:
martini161 wrote:
vicaphit wrote:You just have to be different don't you Martin?

not really, i just hate hippies :mrgreen:

Am I said hippie for bringing up Earth Hour and participating in raising awareness? Well I've accomplished my goal. That's to raise awareness about Earth Hour and what it does.

so what does it do exactly?
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Re: Earth Hour

Postby DMB2000uk » Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:49 pm

Saves some fossil fuel so your kids can use it.

It's meant to get you thinking about what you use the rest of the time too, and maybe get you to think "do I really need to leave that on?"

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Re: Earth Hour

Postby Darkstar » Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:56 pm

DMB2000uk wrote:Saves some fossil fuel so your kids can use it.

It's meant to get you thinking about what you use the rest of the time too, and maybe get you to think "do I really need to leave that on?"

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heh, with me its trying to get the KIDS to turn things off.....

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Re: Earth Hour

Postby vicaphit » Tue Mar 31, 2009 2:39 pm

Darkstar wrote:heh, with me its trying to get the KIDS to turn things off.....


You could always just put the switches as high as possible, and control them yourself.

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Re: Earth Hour

Postby martini161 » Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:45 pm

kids have it to easy. let them come up with their own ways of powering things. its called natural selections :finga:
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Re: Earth Hour

Postby Tim Burton » Thu Apr 02, 2009 3:03 am

Nope, turned on every light in the house.

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