A few weeks back, there was an hour of darkness all over Manila, at least for some places in observance of Earth Month. That one-hour of darkness was enough to save 54 Mega Watts of electric power - equivalent to shutting down a power plant by 1 hour.
On 03 May 2008, Shutdownday.org is spearheading a campaign urging mankind to switch off their computers for a day - a pretty ambitious and tough undertaking. Below is the message on their website:
It is obvious that without computers we would find our life extremely difficult, maybe even impossible. If they disappeared for just one day, would we be able to cope?
Be part of one of the biggest global experiments ever to take place on the Internet. The idea behind Shutdown Day is to find out how many people can go without a computer for one whole day, and what will happen if we all participate!
Shutdown your computer on 03 May 2008 and find out!
I have taken my action. I decided to support this outrageous idea. And I resolved that I will spend the day going to the shopping malls (which I haven’t done for quite some time, except when I was in HongKong the other week).
I also pledged to go out fishing, or play some sports, watch movie and make love all night. Hahaha. I just realized there are a lot of things you can do in a day away from your computer.
Go check out the site and take your actions as well. It’s just a simple clicking of the “I Can” or “I Cannot” button.
What is your choice?
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Will there be people capable of not touching their computers for a day? Will you support Shutdown Day? Let other people see your vote - ‘I can’ or ‘I cannot’ - take a pick….
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We have done it aswell here in new zealand, i jsut watched it on the news because this was observed in Christchurch the other side of NZ.
That’s Good to hear that in the philippines we have like this aswell, i wonder how many people and industries will join this campaign.
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I don’t see any sense why this kind of event has to be observed. I think this is just a waste of time and effort.
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I shut off my PC everyday before I go off to work.
Leave it on during the night if I am downloading stuff.
Not downloading anythings recently, might be better to turn it off during the night when I sleep.
Nah, I’ll pass this campaign.
I don’t need to have a special campaign to shut down my PC.
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yeah , why not , i can do it
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thanks for the hopped…I can do it.
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I think it’s pointless [period]
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I go without computer often so I guess I’m excused.
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