Re: streaming content

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>
 > Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 14:41:15 -0800
 >
 >  > From: Noelle <noelle>
 >  > Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 14:11:38 -0800 (PST)
 >  >
 >  > cloud-based stuff, all those servers that gobble all that energy
 > 
 > Ah.  Well, then, by that measure, you shouldn't use Google, Yahoo,
 > Twitter, or almost anything on the internet.
 > 
 > As a matter of fact, I would argue that using a DVD player probably uses
 > up more energy per capita

Oh, and the postal trucks that delivers the DVD and the postal worker's
car to commute to their job at the Post Office.

 > than a streaming player and the teeny, tiny
 > slice of a computer in some datacenter somewhere.
 > 
 >  > On Tue, 20 Jan 2015, robert wrote:
 >  >  >  > From: Noelle <noelle>
 >  >  >  > Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 13:32:48 -0800 (PST)
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  > Layna Berman says we shouldn't use streaming since it's bad for 
 >  >  >  > environment, she says DVDs better
 >  >  > 
 >  >  > Why does she think it's bad for the environment?