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What, you don't like my Copperplate? :D

I was messing with the font, I guess I kind of like having it look different, since it doesn't really belong in the menubar.
 
Here's a question for all you people with these nice long uptimes. Do you put your computer to sleep when you're not using it?

I have a TiPB and turn it off every night when I go to bed, I've been wary of leaving it on. Does it make a difference if I just put it to sleep? It should be fine right? I always have it plugged into an outlet when it's at home.
 
Originally posted by Juventuz
Here's a question for all you people with these nice long uptimes. Do you put your computer to sleep when you're not using it?

I have a TiPB and turn it off every night when I go to bed, I've been wary of leaving it on. Does it make a difference if I just put it to sleep? It should be fine right? I always have it plugged into an outlet when it's at home.
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I leave my TiPB on all the time and just let it go to sleep when I'm not using it. I figure it is better to save the wear and tear on the hard drive from having to boot it up all the time. My G4 tower is crunching SETI 24/7 so it never goes to sleep.
 
Originally posted by Juventuz
Here's a question for all you people with these nice long uptimes. Do you put your computer to sleep when you're not using it?

I have a TiPB and turn it off every night when I go to bed, I've been wary of leaving it on. Does it make a difference if I just put it to sleep? It should be fine right? I always have it plugged into an outlet when it's at home.
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My TiBook is on all the time too, sleeping at night. I can't see how it's bad to do that. The UNIX system the OS is built on runs better the longer it's on supposedly (although someone else would have to explain how that works to you) and there are root-owned programs that are scheduled to run in the middle of the night to help prevent trouble. Cron and such. I'd say just leave it on.
 
Ahh ok... thanks for the help guys.

Guess I'll just leave it on then and have it go to sleep when I'm not around or downloading something.
 
Originally posted by mactastic
My TiBook is on all the time too, sleeping at night. I can't see how it's bad to do that. The UNIX system the OS is built on runs better the longer it's on supposedly (although someone else would have to explain how that works to you) and there are root-owned programs that are scheduled to run in the middle of the night to help prevent trouble. Cron and such. I'd say just leave it on.
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there aren't any scheduled things that cron runs that you can't just do yourself--

sudo sh /etc/weekly
sudo sh /etc/daily
sudo sh /etc/monthly

in the terminal will run all the maintenance you miss by sleeping the computer at night. you can download "MacJanitor" from versiontracker to do this for you if you are too wimpy to open the terminal like a fanboy--er, i mean, man.

i dunno about advantages to keeping the thing up without restarts, but i certainly wouldn't bother shutting down and restarting. there are no negative effects of sleeping (hey, apple put a lot of work into it), and it saves a hell of a lot of time on the power-down and power-up.
 
The ultimate proof that Macs have common sense and PCs do not!

Macs say "1 day":

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PCs say "1 Days":

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Originally posted by shadowfax
to slightly resurrect this thread, i have broken my record by about 4 days and counting...
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"mithrandir"? Very nice. My 12PB is named "Frodo".

I'm back up to 19d 17:04. Had to do some DiskWarrior-ing a few weeks ago (my fault).
 
Originally posted by patrick0brien
"mithrandir"? Very nice. My 12PB is named "Frodo".
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hehe, cool that you caught that. it's a shame that the damn DHCP here at the dorm renames my host... when i disconnect, the computername is Shadowfax... it goes a lot better than walker~106 or whatever it is.
 
I'm currently pushing about 33 days on my iMac at home. :) I installed the stupid Java 1.4.1 Update 1, but I force quit the Software Update application -- so I probably should restart sometime soon, but I want to prolong it as long as possible. ;) Nothing's been going wrong, yet, from not restarting.

I'm actually going to be moving into my dorm pretty soon, so my uptime will be reset. :( :( :(
 
Originally posted by simX
I'm actually going to be moving into my dorm pretty soon, so my uptime will be reset. :( :( :(
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that's the beauty of owning a laptop--i didn't lose my uptime when i moved into the dorm :D

i've done the same thing as you on the java update, i don't want to restart, heh ;)
 
My Record is Broken

My uptime record (self uptime) was smashed w/ My update to 10.2.7

This is probably the most stable version of X out there.

So far, only safari has crashed... and I can duplicate the bug, so I know what went wrong...


It is great... and it probably will not be released!!

:confused: :eek:
 

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Since I don't have my G5 yet, here are the uptimes for my servers.
Everything in the server room is less than 80 days due to a fire system test. We have a functional dry pipe water system that we tested and an Intergen system that is as of yet not complete. When we tested the dry system it required filling the pipes with water....Uh like NO! So we shut everything down and wrapped the racks in plastic for the test. We get to do it all over again when we have to test(blow) the Intergen system. There's gonna be ceiling tiles and insulation everywhere. We had to have a new metal mesh reinforced window installed as part of the room prep for the intergen system. Wrap the cabinets and get out the video camera. If all goes well it may just be a funny video to watch. If test goes badly I'll use the video as my defense when I start looking for a new job.
 

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well, i made it through the flood--40 days, 40 nights. plus a few minutes :D

'bout time to get the OS X 10.2.8 update now and start all over :(
 

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Jabba - AMD Duron 750 Linux server - bout 41-44 days
Greedo - P133 Webserver - 200+ days (has been been rebooted once since i setup the damm thing)
Watto - Win XP...bout 5hrs if im lucky.

I'll do some screenies later :)
 
Mines pathetic. Americas army is soooo unstable :mad:
 

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