RFC: Disabling blinking cursor by default

[Ralf Corsepius]

Josh Boyer wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 02:13:18AM +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
>> Josh Boyer wrote:
>>> On Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 01:29:05AM +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
>>>> Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
>>>>> Le mardi 03 février 2009 à 17:24 +0100, Tomasz Torcz a écrit :
>>>>>
>>>>>>   Uhm, sorry? The talk was of about 1-2W. Given that my Thinkpad T400
>>>>>> could go to 10,3W when idle
>>>>> But when it's idle, you are in screensaver or blank screen with no
>>>>> cursor anyway. The "wins" are massively overhyped,
>>>> Agreed.
>>>>
>>>> I think it's time to demand measurement procedures such that people 
>>>> can  reproduce this claim.
>>> Those were already provided.
>> Are you referring to Felix Miata's table?
>>
>> To me these read more as a joke but real defined testing scenarios.
> 
> No.  Matthew already outlined exactly how he took his measurements.
> 
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2009-January/msg02387.html
OK, he measured a random sample in a single setup, without providing 
details of what he actually did - Without providing these details, it's 
just one sample without much significance.

He did not specify which software was running, what with this machine 
during the measurement etc.

Also: 1-2W of ca. 100W is 1-2% of the absolute value.
If the measurement device should be this
http://www.powermeterstore.com/p1206/watts_up_pro.php?p_tab=specs
which is specified to have an accuracy of
"+/- 3% (loads above 10 watts)",
then this measurement is below the accuracy of the device and not much 
more but a "tendency".

Ralf