Re: What's the Big Deal with Firefox?

Ed Mullen wrote:
> Ron Hunter wrote:
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>> Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T wrote:
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>>> Andrew DeFaria wrote:
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>>>> Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T wrote:
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>>>>> Reboot means you have a system crash which causes you to have to do 
>>>>> a system restart. (on PeeCee machines it ctl-alt-delete). ON OSX 
>>>>> I've actually forgotten how to restart. And I haven't used OS9 in 
>>>>> so long I've forgotten how to as well there.
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>>>> A reboot means that the OS is being reloaded from scratch (not to 
>>>> the hard drive but at least to memory). A power off/power on will 
>>>> effectively reboot the computer unless something like hibernation is 
>>>> going on.
>>>>
>>>> BTW: Ctl-Alt-Delete no longer reboots the computer - in XP it merely 
>>>> starts the Task Manager.
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>>>>> Now when I nstall software the installer automatically does a restart.
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>>>> If the OS is getting restarted then it's effectively a reboot.
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>>>>> And if use a Mantainence program such a Oynxy. It does an auto 
>>>>> Restart after it complete task.
>>>>>
>>>>> But day to day its once on and once off. And if a program dies, you 
>>>>> just click on it and restart and go on about your business (though 
>>>>> I don't see that often.)
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>>>> Same with Windows.
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>>> Well maybe the terminology has changed. when I went to school. A 
>>> computer that was turned on for the first time during the day, the 
>>> computer was starting from a "Cold Boot". A "restart" was when the 
>>> computer was already actively runing and you pressed a key 
>>> combination, or from a Menu choice. The power wasn't turned off at 
>>> any time (during the restart.)
>>>
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>> Yeah, but that was before 'hibernate' was invented.  The OS saves a 
>> snapshot of ram and the hardware status.  Repowering puts the computer 
>> back into the same state as it was in before the hibernation.  This is 
>> NOT the same as a cold boot, but the differences are a bit technical.
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> Not to mention that a power-up from Hibernation is /very/ fast.  I use 
> it all the time and have found it extremely reliable.
> 
It works great on my laptop, but I have read that some desktop computers 
have problems with the BIOS doing it.  Haven't tried it on my desktops 
since they are always on.