From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Brinkhoff Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Cool and Useful LISP for the .emacs file Date: 12 Nov 2003 08:25:16 +0100 Organization: nocrew Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <85fzguaw0z.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> References: <7ek766dd07.fsf@ada2.unipv.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1068622045 28371 80.91.224.253 (12 Nov 2003 07:27:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 07:27:25 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 12 08:27:22 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AJpPO-0003SM-00 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 08:27:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AJqLs-0004Zu-V3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 03:27:48 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AJqLM-0004Zj-Aj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 03:27:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AJqKp-0004Se-Qu for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 03:27:14 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.224.249] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AJqKp-0004S6-1h for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 03:26:43 -0500 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AJpNN-0003Hv-00 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 08:25:17 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: from sea.gmane.org ([80.91.224.252]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AJpNM-0003Hn-00 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 08:25:16 +0100 Original-Received: from news by sea.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AJpNM-0007JK-00 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 08:25:16 +0100 Original-Lines: 16 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:14091 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:14091 Thien-Thi Nguyen writes: > Stefan Monnier writes: > > Incidentally: does anybody here have experience configuring a Linux > > desktop machine to behave "a bit like a laptop" and turn off its drive > > when not used, ... > > This is not only to save power but to save my ears as well. > if you have an IDE drive try "hdparam -S 1 /dev/hda". Be aware that all the starting and stopping can be bad for the drive. Listen carefully for the whining nose the drive makes when the bearings starts to wear out, and run, don't walk, to the nearest computer hard- ware store to buy a replacement. -- Lars Brinkhoff, Services for Unix, Linux, GCC, HTTP Brinkhoff Consulting http://www.brinkhoff.se/