11:43 < Stilvoid> blackle.com
11:43 < Sionide> there's loads of extensions which require signing up to other s
ervices
11:43 < Sionide> like del.icio.us etc
11:43 < quinophex> but the one you just linked requires the google browser sync
11:43 < Ten> Oh, it needs to integrate with the current ones.
11:44 < quinophex> isn't the default colour of a tft white with no power applied
?
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11:45 < robrob> Sionide: well, like, um.. how else is it going to store your boo
kmarks so they can be accessed from multiple machines?
11:45 < Stilvoid> quinophex: oh probably. I just thought it was funny
11:45 < quinophex> which would make blackle use /more/ rather than less power
11:45 < Sionide> robrob, on an ftp server of my choice...?
11:45 < quinophex> Stilvoid: it is, as i think it's entirely misguided :)
11:45 < robrob> Sionide: for most people that's not going to be entirely conveni
ent
11:46 < Sionide> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2367 seems to do
 it
11:47 < Stilvoid> Meh, first law of thermodynamics covers the whole energy consu
mption thing anyways ;)
11:47 < Stilvoid> or summat like that anyhoo
11:52 < robrob> quinophex: i've heard that before, but when the TFT is off, it i
s black
11:52 < robrob> so i'm not convinced :)
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11:53 < Paperface> someone paste a big link please ;)
11:53 < Paperface> think I needed a -D
11:54 < Stilvoid> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermodynamics#The_laws_of_thermo
dynamics?thisissomereallylongshitthatisn'tnecessaryand&probablyalsowon'tbreak
11:54 < Stilvoid> and... first law isn't quite what I thunk it was
11:54 < Paperface> Stilvoid: ta
11:55 < Paperface> it worked
11:55 < Paperface> screen -Dr
11:55  * Paperface nods
12:00 < DrJeep> robrob: the default for a TFT is transparent and therefore you s
ee the backlight (i.e white) you drive the pixels to be opaque
12:00 < robrob> DrJeep: ah! cunning
12:00 < DrJeep> the reason it is black when it is switched off is the backlight 
is off
12:01 < DrJeep> but we are talking a very marginal power saving here..given that
 actually the residual voltage in your body is enough to activate pixels on a LC
D panel
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12:05 < Teatime> I like this, fan on a bendy stick: http://www.misco.co.uk/appli
cations/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=257431&Tab=1&NoMapp=0
12:06 < DrJeep> and actually thinking about it...they most likely use a pulldown
 driver to turn off the pixel so yes white probably does consume more power than
 black