Originally Posted By: ClubNeon
 Originally Posted By: kcarlile
Yup, but I figure most devices have a battery that holds that stuff for a certain amount of time. After all, do you lose all your settings when the power goes out?

Most devices don't have a battery, just capacitors. So their settings persist when unplugged for a few minutes, but not hours. Some nicer/newer equipment will store settings in flash or some other sort of non-volatile memory, but that's pretty rare.


You would think that with more and more equipment being energy efficient, manufacturers would stay on course and install flash etc. so we can get rid of this stupid standby mode which just drains power constantly. Err, the one thing I hate is using unnecessary electricity.

The only reasonable argument for owning a gun is to protect yourself from the police.