Re: What's the Big Deal with Firefox?
"Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T" <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.windows |
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| Organization | VPEA |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Andrew DeFaria wrote: > Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T wrote: > >> 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.) > > > The differences between whether the OS is restarted from a "cold boot" > or a "restart" are pretty much irrelevant. The point is the OS is > rebooted, or to use another term here, reloaded. What was of the OS > before is now gone. Nothing survives and the OS, memory layout and all > applications are reloaded. That's not a big trick and has the effect of > removing many problems that can only be exhibited if one does not > reboot, restart or otherwise reload the OS. Things like memory likes and > other corruptions can occur with badly written software. > > Question: Why do you restart at all? > > Try this: Don't restart - just leave your system up and running. How > long can it function properly in such an environment. > > At home my XP box's record was something like 50 days before I just had > to reboot. There were problems and I monitored and actively killed > processes to keep it running. > > My Linux box was up a good 183 days without problem (that is until I had > to power it off because I was moving). > > I've heard of machines at work running Unix that have been up > continually for some 5+ years. > > Can you're Mac do that? My situation is that in my part of Virginia in spring- Fall we are subject to Thunderstorms. I don't have room for a UPS. And even in Wintertime with snow and ice Power is easy to go out. Although, I have a Tripplite Surge protection outletbox Its still not safe for me. So I turn on Computer in the morning and shut down at night. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phillip M. Jones, CET |MEMBER:VPEA (LIFE) ETA-I, NESDA,ISCET, Sterling 616 Liberty Street |Who's Who. PHONE:276-632-5045, FAX:276-632-0868 Martinsville Va 24112 |[email protected], ICQ11269732, AIM pjonescet --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If it's "fixed", don't "break it"! mailto:[email protected] <http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/default.htm> <http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/90th_Birthday/index.htm> <http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/Fulcher/default.html> <http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/Harris/default.htm> <http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/Jones/default.htm> <http://vpea.exis.net>