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Hello, Philip. |
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On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 12:04:43AM -0400, Philip Webb wrote: |
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> How long do desktop users typically leave their systems between reboots ? |
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> How long between power off/on's ? |
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I switch my PC on in the morning when I want to start using it. I |
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switch it off before going to bed, or going out shopping, or things like |
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that. I don't like wasting electricity. |
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> I've long been in the habit of switching everything off while I sleep, |
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> then restarting after I've woken & got going again myself. |
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> However recently, I've run into delays getting my router |
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> (only 1 device attached) to shake hands successfully with my ISP's server, |
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> which have been requiring several power off/on's before it works. |
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Unfortunately, I need to leave my router permanently powered up, which I |
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resent. German telephone companies have been offering only VOIP |
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telephone connections for some while, now, which basically means that |
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instead of the companies converting IP packets into a telephone signal, |
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every subscriber's got to do it himself. So where people could |
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previously simply buy a telephone handset and plug it into the wall, |
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they've now potentially got to spend extra on a router and somehow |
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manage to configure that router. And of course, the router contuously |
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wastes electricity, waiting for that occasional incoming call, whereas |
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previously the handset was only powered up, from the exchange, when a |
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call was in progress. Progress this is not. |
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> As a result, I've started rebooting only after my weekly system update |
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> -- it means I get to use the new versions of everything -- |
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> & not powering off at all ; the monitor + Xscreensaver are off |
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> whenever I'm away from the machine for >= 1 hr (approx). |
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> Are there any pro's/con's I sb aware of ? |
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> SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb |
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Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). |
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