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Originally Posted by MartinSykes
It might depend on what the computer was doing though. If it was a running a government web service which was vital to the running of their legal processes for example then fair enough.
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That may very well be the case, since the original article does not provide many details of the circumstances, for this incident. But it still seems a little ‘harsh’; assuming that this was not a repeated event, somehow it looks more like an ‘offence’ that would require little more than calling the individual into an office, and reiterating the importance of keeping the computer on at all times, etc.
But aside from that, this may shed some light on a discussion from an earlier post in this forum:
Say no to plastic bags
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Originally Posted by Corey
In other areas like at the library I suggested that the monitor to the computer go to hibernate when not being used which is most of the time, then turn on when either the mouse or keyboard is moved. They told me one word why they won't ever do it "convenience"
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Originally Posted by Mollyh
Corey, I swear the perception of convenience is going to put me in a mental institution one day. What is so inconvenient about moving a mouse? So inconvenient about changing a power setting ONCE?
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In that case, the reluctance of library employees to switch off (or adjust the settings) of the computers was interpreted as choosing “convenience” over “energy efficiency / responsibility / footprint reduction”. While convenience may have been a factor in the attitudes shown in that case, there may have been more at stake from the employee perspective. While the incident described by Corey was in the US (as opposed to the incident originally described in this thread), who can say what consequences there may have been for a library employee who made an unauthorized adjustment to the computers?