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| leapinlew:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on February 28, 2006, 10:16:01 pm ---I've seen 15 year old linux servers chugging away with literally an inch of dust rest on their motherboards. --- End quote --- 15 years old? Linux Servers? I'm all for some exaggeration here and there, but 15 year old linux servers? Your hurting your creditability. I think Linux came out in 94. inch of dust? I'd believe that before a 15 year old linux box |
| Mark70:
--- Quote from: leapinlew on February 28, 2006, 02:26:09 pm ---Such as lightbulbs - yes, they'll just burn out if left on, but more often they pop when the lightswitch is switched to on. --- End quote --- I know that nobody really gives a squirt, but this isn't true at all. At least if you're talking about incandesceant bulbs..... I know I know, shut up, this thread is about turning computers on and off.... But I say if you're going to use an analogy, make sure it's actually analagous. An incandescant light bulb can burn (for all practical purposes) as long as you feed power to it. It can also be turned on and off constantly without affecting it's life span. The greatest enemy to the incandescant bulb is vibration. Yes, it more than likely vibration that's burning out your light bulbs. The vibration is causing the flaws in the tugsten filament, and the current is burning it up because of those flaws. Incandescant light bulbs, by design, go in places like closets specifically because of their ability to go on and off without affecting their lifespan. The other reason to use incandescant bulbs is because they're flattering to the human complextion. There's your useless irrelivant architectural rant for today. Now. I've turned my computers on and off every day at home and at work for over ten years and never had a failure which was related.... well except I've replaced one power supply in all of that time. But one power supply in all of that time is well within the law of averages to be considered for any other cause of failure. There are as many reasons to turn your computer off as there are to leave it on. In a corporate setting Leave it on becuase of virus updates and backups which happen in off hours. Turn your computer off, ie. reboot at least once a week (at the advice of our IT company) because software is the weak link. Memory leaks bog you down. |
| leapinlew:
--- Quote from: Mark70 on March 02, 2006, 09:21:20 pm --- --- Quote from: leapinlew on February 28, 2006, 02:26:09 pm ---Such as lightbulbs - yes, they'll just burn out if left on, but more often they pop when the lightswitch is switched to on. --- End quote --- I know that nobody really gives a squirt, but this isn't true at all. At least if you're talking about incandesceant bulbs..... I know I know, shut up, this thread is about turning computers on and off.... But I say if you're going to use an analogy, make sure it's actually analagous. --- End quote --- I'll defend my analogy. I mean, your probably right - you sound like you know what your talking about and I wasn't trying to make a pure apples to apples anology, but I feel it's close enough. ;) http://www.factsfacts.com/MyHomeRepair/liteBulb.htm |
| albybum:
--- Quote from: leapinlew on March 02, 2006, 05:47:07 pm --- --- Quote from: Howard_Casto on February 28, 2006, 10:16:01 pm ---I've seen 15 year old linux servers chugging away with literally an inch of dust rest on their motherboards. --- End quote --- 15 years old? Linux Servers? I'm all for some exaggeration here and there, but 15 year old linux servers? Your hurting your creditability. I think Linux came out in 94. inch of dust? I'd believe that before a 15 year old linux box --- End quote --- According to Wikipedia: "The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) was released to the Internet on September 17, 1991, with the second version following shortly thereafter in October [2]." It is possible if 15 years was an approximation, but highly unlikely. |
| leapinlew:
--- Quote from: albybum on March 04, 2006, 11:50:19 pm --- --- Quote from: leapinlew on March 02, 2006, 05:47:07 pm --- --- Quote from: Howard_Casto on February 28, 2006, 10:16:01 pm ---I've seen 15 year old linux servers chugging away with literally an inch of dust rest on their motherboards. --- End quote --- 15 years old? Linux Servers? I'm all for some exaggeration here and there, but 15 year old linux servers? Your hurting your creditability. I think Linux came out in 94. inch of dust? I'd believe that before a 15 year old linux box --- End quote --- According to Wikipedia: "The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) was released to the Internet on September 17, 1991, with the second version following shortly thereafter in October [2]." It is possible if 15 years was an approximation, but highly unlikely. --- End quote --- Ok, if we are being technical, and it looks like you were. September 17, 1991 is only 14 years ago. |
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