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pythos · 03-06-06, 10:58 PM

There is no need to justify this. It is actually better to leave the machine running until you absolutely need to reboot. Electronics like a steady flow of electricity, and the start up process is actually more damaging to the circuits than letting the machine remain on idle.

I learned this when working on airliners. Those plane's navigation and flight systems are not powered down unless the ship (yes they are reffered to as ships, A 747 IS a ship) is getting prepped for a full tear down inspection. The process of shutting an airliner down for this check is litterally called, "putting the beast to sleep" It is a long involved process which is second only to the process of "waking the beast up". It is quite something. The process takes about an half hour to a full hour. If it is done wrong, Millions of dollars go straight down the tube.

Any how, Your computer is actually better left on, with the monitor switched off. I do this all the time (yes with a boat sailing along after a save)

03-06-06, 10:58 PM	#5
pythos Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere over there Posts: 834 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	about leaving your comp on for extended periods There is no need to justify this. It is actually better to leave the machine running until you absolutely need to reboot. Electronics like a steady flow of electricity, and the start up process is actually more damaging to the circuits than letting the machine remain on idle. I learned this when working on airliners. Those plane's navigation and flight systems are not powered down unless the ship (yes they are reffered to as ships, A 747 IS a ship) is getting prepped for a full tear down inspection. The process of shutting an airliner down for this check is litterally called, "putting the beast to sleep" It is a long involved process which is second only to the process of "waking the beast up". It is quite something. The process takes about an half hour to a full hour. If it is done wrong, Millions of dollars go straight down the tube. Any how, Your computer is actually better left on, with the monitor switched off. I do this all the time (yes with a boat sailing along after a save)