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I believe that a computer that is turned off is less likely to have data corruption/loss during mid-night thunderstorm -- mine are always powered off when work is done. The USA Midwest can have impressive night time thunderstorms.
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Won't help much if it's powered off, but still plugged into the wall, will it?
Or is the primary concern brownouts?
In which case, this is what a good UPS is for.
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Agreed. The small air gap of an open switch adds some protection. I unplug when I know bad storms are roaming around.
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My laptop is used strictly on trips as a portable substitute for my desktop, so it gets powered up and down each time I use it.
However, my company makes products that are based on Windows CE (6.0, in our case), and that OS has counters involved in timing that overflow about every 49 days, so our User Manual recommends power cycling the unit at least once a month. If the software is written correctly, that overflow can be handled, but I learned years ago to assume that software is never written correctly.
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I seldom power off any of my computers, but I do a reboot usually about every week-ten days (more on Windows machines, less on Linux). I will power off/unplug during a severe electrical storm if I am around because, while I am protected by surge protection and a UPS, a close-in lightning strike can overload a surge protector or UPS. (I live on top of a ridge, surround by trees, two of which have been struck in the last 20 years.)
I am against powering off machines. Studies have shown that many chip failures occur due to the thermal stress induced by the warm-up/cool down cycle. This, of course, is dependent on the chip construction.
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Do cats eat Mice Krispies for breakfast?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Though I hear before breakfast that squirrels' nuts are a fancied entree.
after many otherwise intelligent sounding suggestions that achieved nothing the nice folks at Technet said the only solution was to low level format my hard disk then reinstall my signature. Sadly, this still didn't fix the issue!
modified 23-Jan-20 11:04am.
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Only if they're feline good.
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With all that sugar?! Cats prefer their mice au naturale!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Cats probably wouldn't care, because I recall reading that they have no taste buds for sweetness. Such sorry lives they lead!
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Now I'm curious. If I still had a cat I'd give him two bowls of water, one with dissolved sugar, the other without...and see if he develops a preference...
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I cannot i-gnaw that comment as it gives valid claws to take this tail a bit fur-ther. For example, you are now clearly a cereal killer punster - although that point is somewhat mew-t.
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Software Zen: delete this;
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Or maybe some Catnip Crunch
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I'm writing some stuff in Word and Word thinks it's necessary to improve my writing.
Mostly, that's true, but it has one suggestion that I followed until I found out it's not right.
Every time I write "have to" or some form of it, Word says "use 'must' for concise language."
Now, as I understand it, that's perfectly fine in American English, but not so much in British English where "have to" indicates an external incentive while "must" comes from an internal incentive.
For example, "I have to use the Azure cloud at work" (dictated by your boss) and "I must work out more often" (something you wish to do because it's healthy).
Of course, if your doctor or wife tells you to work out more often "or else" it becomes "I have to work out more often."
Anyway, I must now change "must" to "have to" or my readers will make fun of me for not understanding the English language 
The issue is pretty much un-Googleable, but does anyone know how I can turn off this very specific "have to" to "must" rule?
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Sander Rossel wrote: does anyone know how I can turn off this very specific "have to" to "must" rule?
I must research that, but for the moment, I have to ignore your query. 
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Or you could just turn off the suggestion feature and happily go on about your life.
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Exactly. It's a suggestion from a word processor, not a compiler error.
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First thing I do is turn off the suggestion "feature". English is my primary and native language so I grew up learning how to speak and write it properly - I don't need some American software who thinks it knows better (it doesn't) telling me how to write.
My second language is American. Since I came to live in the US I thought I should learn the local language. It is surprisingly different. 
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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whilst I agree with your sentiment...
I don't need some American software who thinks it knows better
is grammatically incorrect. The American software is inanimate. 'who' should be 'that'
Live long and prosper
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Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Many years ago, I bought a book with the title "Machines who think". I am sure the title was deliberately chosen. I am equally sure that _Forogar_ chose his words equally deliberately.
(I really should pick up that book and read it again, to see what we - and the machines - were thinking back in 1979; my copy is the 1st edition.)
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CoolTeddyBear wrote: The American software is inanimate. 'who' should be 'that'
I know some Americans who that are rather inanimate themselves.
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In this case the "software" refers to the programmer's brain! As in "soft in the head". 
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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*Ahem!* Forogar wrote: I don't need some American software who that thinks it knows better
Let's keep the relative personal pronouns where they belong, eh?
No-one is above Skitt's Law.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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