Disc analyser news update

[Andrew Burton]

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From: "Dave McGuire" <mcguire at neurotica.com>
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Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: Disc analyser news update


> On Mar 20, 2010, at 12:46 PM, Andrew Burton wrote:
> >
> > Leaving a computer running 24/7 may not harm the hardware as much,
> > but it
> > harms the evironment and your electricity bill.
>
>    That's not relevant here; I run servers that are used by people in
> other places.  My power bill is consistently about $400-500/mo, and
> that's a great deal of consolidation and optimization.  Some may
> whine, but that's still a lot cheaper than two racks' worth of colo
> space, and I can work on things without getting dressed and leaving
> the house.
>
>    So in the face of that, leaving my desktop machine on doesn't make
> any real difference.  Further, leaving it on (as I mentioned earlier)
> means I can get to it from other places, which I frequently need to do.
>

Ahh, in that case I see why you leave it on :)


> > We always shut our computers
> > down at work at the end of the day, or when they are finished with.
> > I never
> > leave my laptop on all the time, since I only use it a few hours
> > each day. I
> > certainly disconnect from the internet when I don't need website,
> > Gopher or
> > BBS access. Less chance of a virus infecting my laptop then.
>
>    I run UNIX; that addresses the virus problem. ;)
>

Hehe :)


Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk