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WCDT: 2563-2567 (28 October-1 November 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
jwhouk:
Did anyone pull out Occam's razor and make the obvious point?
The computer is running WOW; he didn't want to open a new screen or tab, so he turned on his glasses to do the search.
LookingIn:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 29 Oct 2013, 22:09 ---Who turns off their computer?
--- End quote ---
Should be done every few days to clear out your computer's memory...
Sidhekin:
Only if you're running some inferior OS, like Windows ...
--- Code: ---$ uptime
22:42:35 up 82 days, 4:48, 19 users, load average: 0.79, 0.64, 0.46
--- End code ---
Not bad for a laptop?
... and on the server:
--- Code: ---$ uptime
22:44:57 up 139 days, 18:15, 2 users, load average: 0.92, 0.99, 0.99
--- End code ---
... I think that must have been a kernel upgrade. Reboots are still kinda recommended on those occasions. :)
cesium133:
Eh, it's not really true anymore even with Windows. The last time I rebooted this machine was (according to the uptime clock in Task Manager) 12 days ago, to install updates.
pwhodges:
<yawn>
I reboot my Windows servers every few months to install the security updates. I don't do it every month because they're not badly exposed. I also don't reboot my OpenBSD firewall except for updates. My Win 7 desktop gets rebooted every week or two, not for its own sake, but because one or another stupid install forces me to - typically Adobe Acrobat [sic - not Reader] updates.
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