Mike Hicks wrote: > > Phil Plumbo wrote: > > > > Interesting column from Bob Metcalfe in Infoworld this week - his final one > > for that trade rag. As he often does, this time he's asking leading > > questions to try to get some discussion going, arguing for smarter use of > > computer resources during apparent idle time, among them: > > > > "What is your computer doing those first minutes after you start it up? It's > > been idle for hours. It will be idle for much of the time thereafter. So why > > doesn't it handle its duties before or after starting up?" > > > > I've always been peeved at lengthy boot times, which leads me (and most I > > know) to just leave the box on all the time (a waste). > > > > So I'm curious. How would we answer Bob's question for Linux? (Besides "um, > > well... it was turned *off*, Bob"). distributed.net/SETI at home anyone? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org