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11-04-2007, 10:52 PM
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HELP AND SUPPORT
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Bye Bye Google White (A black search engine that says it's green)
Blackle is a front end to Google that works exactly like Google, but with one difference: Its home page and its results pages are black. Why? To save the planet. As it says on the about page, "Blackle saves energy because the screen is predominantly black." The page quotes a 2002 report that maintains, "a given monitor requires more power to display a white (or light) screen than a black (or dark) screen."
That makes intuitive sense when you're talking about CRTs, but not LCD monitors or laptops, which power their backlight consistently regardless of the image the LCD in front of them is displaying.
Blackle creator Toby Heap pointed me back to the report (PDF file), which, on page 19, shows a tiny difference between power consumed when an LCD monitor is displaying a white versus a black screen. But his main point is this: "Regardless, the idea of Blackle is for people to be reminded about saving energy every time they search the Web."
If you really want to save power when on the Web, here's my advice. Turn down the brightness of your screen. That's going to make a bigger difference than using Blackle or not. Better yet, don't surf the Web using a PC with an energy-sucking $500 high-end graphics card. Why do you think some gaming PCs now come with 1 kilowatt power supplies?
Blackle does look cool, though. Very ninja.
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11-04-2007, 11:13 PM
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I have Yolks not Brains!
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Re: Bye Bye Google White (A black search engine that says it's green)
Stupidity at its limit
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11-04-2007, 11:28 PM
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Re: Bye Bye Google White (A black search engine that says it's green)
it will help for saving power , thanx . it matches with k750 too .
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11-04-2007, 11:34 PM
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Re: Bye Bye Google White (A black search engine that says it's green)
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11-04-2007, 11:48 PM
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Re: Bye Bye Google White (A black search engine that says it's green)
bahhhhhh stupid logic........ 
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12-04-2007, 12:16 AM
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Alpha Geek
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Re: Bye Bye Google White (A black search engine that says it's green)
Nice thanks...it's pretty too.
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12-04-2007, 12:27 AM
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Re: Bye Bye Google White (A black search engine that says it's green)
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12-04-2007, 12:54 AM
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Re: Bye Bye Google White (A black search engine that says it's green)
very nice
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12-04-2007, 01:20 AM
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Google Bot
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Re: Bye Bye Google White (A black search engine that says it's green)
Jobless people do such things.. 
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12-04-2007, 07:07 PM
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Alpha Geek
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Re: Bye Bye Google White (A black search engine that says it's green)
Already my Eye power crossed -4!!!
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12-04-2007, 09:31 PM
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Re: Bye Bye Google White (A black search engine that says it's green)
Buts its a novel nice idea
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12-04-2007, 09:39 PM
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Šupər♂ - 超人
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Re: Bye Bye Google White (A black search engine that says it's green)
I was talkin about this sometime back .. about some guy who calculated the amount of electricity which could b saved by dispalying Google in black
Seems that it bcame a reality
Hey.. anandk... u there... remember.... we talked about it
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14-04-2007, 12:27 AM
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HELP AND SUPPORT
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Re: Bye Bye Google White (A black search engine that says it's green)
This post is a HEIGHT OF STUPIDITY 
Who posted this?Oops its me
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14-04-2007, 06:21 PM
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Šupər♂ - 超人
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Re: Bye Bye Google White (A black search engine that says it's green)
^^^^
That... my dear rakesh.. is the height of stupidity
ok... u were intentional
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14-04-2007, 06:25 PM
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The Thread Killer >:)
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Re: Bye Bye Google White (A black search engine that says it's green)
How much more dumb can people get? The worse the webpage design, the more people will gonna steer clear from it. I personally have done that as the wordings are hard to read on a blacd/dark background. So, they missed one guy. Rest might follow 
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14-04-2007, 06:56 PM
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Re: Bye Bye Google White (A black search engine that says it's green)
The contrast is really unpleasant to the eyes... I can't stand white text on black backgrounds....
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29-05-2007, 10:37 PM
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Re: Bye Bye Google White (A black search engine that says it's green)
wtf!! who the hell thinks that settin it to black will make monitor consume less. this is the most weird thing i hav heard.
this is the height of stupidity
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29-05-2007, 10:43 PM
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The Transcendental
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Re: Bye Bye Google White (A black search engine that says it's green)
Bahhh again !!!! You can make your custom style using CSS. Mine is grey.
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30-05-2007, 03:44 AM
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In Shamful Mystery
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Re: Bye Bye Google White (A black search engine that says it's green)
The results page looks gross.... the frontpage was cool, though.
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30-05-2007, 04:01 AM
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Alpha Geek
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Re: Bye Bye Google White (A black search engine that says it's green)
I dont think thats stupid  thats good infact
2. I will like to use the google in dark colours if anyone can tell how
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30-05-2007, 08:28 AM
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MMO Addict
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Re: Bye Bye Google White (A black search engine that says it's green)
So, do blue color makes any difference? coz I'm using google blue and believe me its COOl 
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30-05-2007, 08:47 AM
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Re: Bye Bye Google White (A black search engine that says it's green)
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I was talkin about this sometime back .. about some guy who calculated the amount of electricity which could b saved by dispalying Google in black
Seems that it bcame a reality
Hey.. anandk... u there... remember.... we talked about it |
u remember !?
here its is
A Black Google Would Save 3,000 Megawatts a Year Globally !!!
Black Google Would Save 3,000 Megawatts a Year
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30-05-2007, 02:12 PM
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In The Zone
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Re: Bye Bye Google White (A black search engine that says it's green)
But it very difficult to read with black background. This is simply stupid..
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30-05-2007, 03:13 PM
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The Transcendental
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Re: Bye Bye Google White (A black search engine that says it's green)
^ Firefox users get the stylish extension (needed 4 applying the CSS). I will give you the code for custom colors.
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