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beh Level: 86 Posts: 931/1816 EXP: 6134326 Next: 7781 Since: 02-21-07 Last post: 6155 days Last view: 6155 days |
Ugh, I accidentally shut down last night, when I had a download going 
Looks like I'll be spending the rest of today downloading it... |
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Level: 105 Posts: 1025/2846 EXP: 12036922 Next: 225338 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 6069 days Last view: 2806 days |
I never shut down... I nearly restarted once, but my unsaved Paint windows are good for something.
Amusing that there's no way to cancel a system shutdown once it starts unless you can quickly hit "Cancel" for a closing program when it asks to save... (Not even "shutdown -a" works, since it's shutting down and refuses to run  )
I have a download going and have or a while, and if I shut down I might lose it  I have to stop it ever y few hours when their connection dies, but overall it's been pretty good.____________________ I dealt with it. |
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Level: 75 Posts: 760/1301 EXP: 3720115 Next: 106789 Since: 02-19-07 From: Canada |
Heh, I restart maybe once a week. Meh. |
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beh Level: 86 Posts: 949/1816 EXP: 6134326 Next: 7781 Since: 02-21-07 Last post: 6155 days Last view: 6155 days |
Finally, it's done! And this game is über!  |
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Level: 105 Posts: 1041/2846 EXP: 12036922 Next: 225338 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 6069 days Last view: 2806 days |
I only restart in the event of a crash  ____________________ I dealt with it. |
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 Red Cheep-cheep Level: 34 Posts: 116/216 EXP: 251661 Next: 1990 Since: 02-19-07 From: Georgia Last post: 5575 days Last view: 5547 days |
Posted by Xkeeper I've stopped a system shutdown before. If you shutdown a computer, and it mentions that it's trying to shutdown something that didn't quit running or something, if you can click the X in the corner before it's done, the shutdown is terminated. I find it great if I forget to do something.  |
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... Level: 73 Posts: 43/1220 EXP: 3369228 Next: 116640 Since: 03-25-07 From: no Last post: 6100 days Last view: 6084 days |
Someday I need to write a program that will prompt you for confirmation any time the system is being shut down. Not so much for cases where you do it by accident, but where stupid installers force it upon you. |
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 Beezo Level: 49 Posts: 17/480 EXP: 832084 Next: 51799 Since: 03-15-07 Last post: 5777 days Last view: 5642 days |
Posted by Xkeeper I shut down every night, before I go to sleep. It just seems unnecesary to use up all that electricity doing nothing. Unless I have some huge download going, I see no point in leaving a computer on 24/7. As for the program to prompt on shutdown, that'd be useful, sometimes I do wind up shutting down and I say "oh crap, I need to do something" which is important, since my computer makes loud noises when it starts up for some reason, and at night, when I'm the only one awake, that's not good. ____________________ There are things I want to put here. Like a cool picture, my 8-bit theatre character test result, my MS and RO characters... But it's 12 AM, and I'm sleepy. |
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beh Level: 86 Posts: 954/1816 EXP: 6134326 Next: 7781 Since: 02-21-07 Last post: 6155 days Last view: 6155 days |
I always shut down every night (well, hibernate), before I go to sleep. I generally leave it on all night if I'm downloading something... |
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 Buzzy Beetle Level: 44 Posts: 216/383 EXP: 594239 Next: 17046 Since: 02-19-07 From: California Last post: 5476 days Last view: 5476 days |
I shut down most nights. The only time I keep my computer up and running is if I have a download going, or I need to do something in the morning before I leave for school. Otherwise, my computer is turned off when I go to bed, and turned on when I get home from school. |
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 Cheep-cheep Level: 32 Posts: 127/185 EXP: 199442 Next: 7000 Since: 02-22-07 From: Ruston, Louisiana Last post: 6212 days Last view: 6059 days |
I don't shut down the desktop. I'm not willing to wait the less than a minute it takes to boot up when I sit down. I should, just because it's extra light and noise and heat in the room (which stays hot even when the rest of the house is freezing) and these things all add to my difficulty sleeping.
I don't shut down the laptop either, I just put it on standby. |
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Gone Level: 88 Posts: 954/1881 EXP: 6466855 Next: 183809 Since: 02-20-07 Last post: 6155 days Last view: 6146 days |
My parents always trained me to shut down any computer I'm not using, as they're extremely stingy and not willing to pay the few more cents per month. Now that I'm on my own, I often leave it on if I know I'll be back on soon, but I turn it off at night and such. |
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 Red Paratroopa Level: 31 Posts: 37/169 EXP: 174015 Next: 11348 Since: 03-02-07 Last post: 6128 days Last view: 5939 days |
Here's an open-source play-alike of it but really needs work. |
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... Level: 73 Posts: 46/1220 EXP: 3369228 Next: 116640 Since: 03-25-07 From: no Last post: 6100 days Last view: 6084 days |
I turn mine off at night unless I'm using it as an alarm clock or falling asleep to music or falling asleep partway through Card Captor Sakura. (Yet to happen but...  ) If I'm in the middle of something I use hibernate, which rocks. |
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 Porcupo Level: 40 Posts: 183/309 EXP: 430626 Next: 10683 Since: 02-19-07 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Last post: 6132 days Last view: 6108 days |
I always turn my PC off but I haven't downloaded much these days so... yeah.
If I really needed to grab something, I'd keep it on while at work. |
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Buzzy Beetle Level: 44 Posts: 142/375 EXP: 575716 Next: 35569 Since: 02-19-07 From: [citation needed] Last post: 6095 days Last view: 6095 days |
I started leaving my computers on when one of them was having trouble cold-booting. Replacing the old PSU solved the problem, but by that time I was so spoiled by instant access to Windows that I couldn't stand turning them off anymore.
Besides, leaving the power on is supposed to be less stressful on the mechanical parts of a computer than frequent start/stop cycles (for example, it takes a lot more energy to spin a hard drive platter up to speed than it does to keep it spinning at that speed). ____________________ [citation needed] |
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Level: 75 Posts: 766/1301 EXP: 3720115 Next: 106789 Since: 02-19-07 From: Canada |
My sister also never turns her computer off, because she randomly pulled the power cord out, corrupting the CMOS. I half-fixed it, by setting the boot mode to slow boot, which means it has to go through EVERY bit of RAM, 8 MB at a time. Oh lord. |
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Gone Level: 88 Posts: 965/1881 EXP: 6466855 Next: 183809 Since: 02-20-07 Last post: 6155 days Last view: 6146 days |
I've had to shut down computers by turning off the power strip before, when the computer is so frozen up that it won't even shut down properly. |
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 Spike fuck~ Level: 58 Posts: 201/722 EXP: 1538009 Next: 39537 Since: 02-19-07 From: Pittsburgh, PA Last post: 5299 days Last view: 2587 days |
Posted by XkeeperPosted by DejikoSHUTUP!! The MAME version is outside in our probably-over-100F-by-now garage You have 500 gigs to waste right? start wasting as for my PC, I never turn it off unless it breaks or overheats too much. I just periodically restart it. ____________________ |
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Cheep-cheep Level: 33 Posts: 91/198 EXP: 220880 Next: 8299 Since: 02-19-07 From: person Last post: 6136 days Last view: 6108 days |
After a day or three of uptime, my computer begins acting wierd, like forgetting my sound drivers and cutting off the internet. Then I reboot it. ____________________ ._. + internet |
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