[ale] uptime, cool--New topic, keeping power on

[Geoffrey]

Mark Wright wrote:
> Pretty cool.
> 
> I like to display uptime for my desktops occasionally.  My ti PB is  
> 59 days right now and nagging me to do a software update.   My Ubuntu  
> desktop is over 100 days.
> 
> This brought to mind another thread idea.  I used to reboot the  
> windows machines I was forced to use at least once a day usually more  
> even if there was nothing wrong.  That plus a mixed feeling about the  
> old idea of power cycling equipment being bad has given me this  
> irrational desire to keep my personal machines up for as long as I can.
> 
> What do ya'll (a little southern lingo there) think about keeping  
> equipment up versus powering it off after use.  I have heard and made  
> all the reliability issues and personally think that the electronics  
> runs just as long either way.  ( I do hardware maintenance so I have  
> seen it all)

I leave all my machines in my little lab here up all the time, 24x7.  My 
primary development laptop is rebooted whenever I have to take it on the 
road, otherwise it's in the mix up all the time as well.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
  - Benjamin Franklin