Laptop Lights
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I wonder when they are going to start making laptops with a switch that turns off all those annoying lights (power indicator, hard drive reads, network activity, and so on). Sure would be nice when watching a movie in a dark room or when you want your laptop on while you are sleeping. Any of you hardware manufacturers out there... I hope you're listening.
I have a big, round switch, that comes separately -- it's labeled "Duct Tape".
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I wonder when they are going to start making laptops with a switch that turns off all those annoying lights (power indicator, hard drive reads, network activity, and so on). Sure would be nice when watching a movie in a dark room or when you want your laptop on while you are sleeping. Any of you hardware manufacturers out there... I hope you're listening.
While sleeping....hmmmmmm Why not just turn it round so you can't "see the lights while you are fast asleep"
He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitar!
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aspdotnetdev wrote:
when you want your laptop on while you are sleeping
You either have really bright LEDs, or really thin eyelids! Surely you can't tell if a single LED is illuminated with your eyes closed?
It's possible he is rural, like me. Outside the house it is dark. Inside the bedroom it is dark. Except for that lone LED, which glows, ever brighter, and brighter, as your eyes adapt to the dark.... It is annoying - that's why all my computer equipment is switched off at the mains at night - the NAS, the PC, the router - those LEDs mount up!
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
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aspdotnetdev wrote:
when you want your laptop on while you are sleeping
You either have really bright LEDs, or really thin eyelids! Surely you can't tell if a single LED is illuminated with your eyes closed?
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It's possible he is rural, like me. Outside the house it is dark. Inside the bedroom it is dark. Except for that lone LED, which glows, ever brighter, and brighter, as your eyes adapt to the dark.... It is annoying - that's why all my computer equipment is switched off at the mains at night - the NAS, the PC, the router - those LEDs mount up!
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
Indeed - in winter my lounge looks like Blackpool Illuminations. DVD, Freeview, Phone base units, Wii Remotes charging, wii glowing and strobing blue etc etc
He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitar!
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It's possible he is rural, like me. Outside the house it is dark. Inside the bedroom it is dark. Except for that lone LED, which glows, ever brighter, and brighter, as your eyes adapt to the dark.... It is annoying - that's why all my computer equipment is switched off at the mains at night - the NAS, the PC, the router - those LEDs mount up!
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
The rurality of his location is irrelevant. I just can't believe that with his eyes closed, he could tell if an LED was on or not. Could you? Also, regardless of location, it isn't always dark when you are asleep. What about clear skies and a full moon? Or dawn on 21 June?
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Indeed - in winter my lounge looks like Blackpool Illuminations. DVD, Freeview, Phone base units, Wii Remotes charging, wii glowing and strobing blue etc etc
He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitar!
Baconbutty wrote:
wii glowing and strobing blue
Oh god! I'd forgotten the XBox 360! Until it died for the second time, the LED on the power supply was ridiculously bright - you could land planes with the damn thing!
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
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Indeed - in winter my lounge looks like Blackpool Illuminations. DVD, Freeview, Phone base units, Wii Remotes charging, wii glowing and strobing blue etc etc
He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitar!
I am pretty sure my front room is self aware! TV, DVD, Stereo, Phone, 2x Computers, Wii, PS3, Blackberry, Router and Sky+ box. I will walk in that room one day and be greeted with "Good Morning Dave" in a suitably HAL like voice.
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The rurality of his location is irrelevant. I just can't believe that with his eyes closed, he could tell if an LED was on or not. Could you? Also, regardless of location, it isn't always dark when you are asleep. What about clear skies and a full moon? Or dawn on 21 June?
Electron Shepherd wrote:
just can't believe that with his eyes closed, he could tell if an LED was on or not. Could you?
Perhaps not when I was actually asleep, but when I am trying to get to sleep? Or trying to get back to sleep? Yes. I had to change one phone for just that reason - the "you have had a call" LED was too bright at night.
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
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Electron Shepherd wrote:
just can't believe that with his eyes closed, he could tell if an LED was on or not. Could you?
Perhaps not when I was actually asleep, but when I am trying to get to sleep? Or trying to get back to sleep? Yes. I had to change one phone for just that reason - the "you have had a call" LED was too bright at night.
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
OriginalGriff wrote:
but when I am trying to get to sleep?
And that's what I don't understand. In a dark room with your eyes closed, can you tell if a single LED is on or not? If you can tell, you must have really sensitive eyes, If you can't tell, what difference does it make?
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It's possible he is rural, like me. Outside the house it is dark. Inside the bedroom it is dark. Except for that lone LED, which glows, ever brighter, and brighter, as your eyes adapt to the dark.... It is annoying - that's why all my computer equipment is switched off at the mains at night - the NAS, the PC, the router - those LEDs mount up!
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
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The rurality of his location is irrelevant. I just can't believe that with his eyes closed, he could tell if an LED was on or not. Could you? Also, regardless of location, it isn't always dark when you are asleep. What about clear skies and a full moon? Or dawn on 21 June?
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While sleeping....hmmmmmm Why not just turn it round so you can't "see the lights while you are fast asleep"
He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitar!
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Baconbutty wrote:
wii glowing and strobing blue
Oh god! I'd forgotten the XBox 360! Until it died for the second time, the LED on the power supply was ridiculously bright - you could land planes with the damn thing!
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
Doh, yes forgot all the associated power supplies.
He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitar!
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OriginalGriff wrote:
but when I am trying to get to sleep?
And that's what I don't understand. In a dark room with your eyes closed, can you tell if a single LED is on or not? If you can tell, you must have really sensitive eyes, If you can't tell, what difference does it make?
Electron Shepherd wrote:
If you can tell, you must have really sensitive eyes, If you can't tell, what difference does it make?
Or perhaps yours are not very sensitive? :laugh: If it didn't make a difference, I wouldn't have mentioned it (nor would the OP, I suspect).
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
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Electron Shepherd wrote:
If you can tell, you must have really sensitive eyes, If you can't tell, what difference does it make?
Or perhaps yours are not very sensitive? :laugh: If it didn't make a difference, I wouldn't have mentioned it (nor would the OP, I suspect).
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
OriginalGriff wrote:
Or perhaps yours are not very sensitive?
Well, that's possible... But if you had your eyes closed, and I illuminated a single, normal LED, you could tell?
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OriginalGriff wrote:
Or perhaps yours are not very sensitive?
Well, that's possible... But if you had your eyes closed, and I illuminated a single, normal LED, you could tell?
This is getting a bit Zen: "Is an LED bright if no-one is looking?" :laugh:
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
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OriginalGriff wrote:
but when I am trying to get to sleep?
And that's what I don't understand. In a dark room with your eyes closed, can you tell if a single LED is on or not? If you can tell, you must have really sensitive eyes, If you can't tell, what difference does it make?
Some of those leads are like bloody searchlights. When we go home to the country it is astonishlingly dark at night. In the middle of Singapore you can almost read by the ambient light!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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While sleeping....hmmmmmm Why not just turn it round so you can't "see the lights while you are fast asleep"
He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitar!
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I wonder when they are going to start making laptops with a switch that turns off all those annoying lights (power indicator, hard drive reads, network activity, and so on). Sure would be nice when watching a movie in a dark room or when you want your laptop on while you are sleeping. Any of you hardware manufacturers out there... I hope you're listening.
Get a MacBook...no annoying lights like that... The only illuminations are the screen, backlit keyboard (some models, can be turned off) and the sleep indicator (an LED that shines through a set of tiny holes and 'breathes' when the laptop is sleeping).
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