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Subject: Re: off-topic How many leave their computers running constantly?

Author: Mark Rawlings

Date: 11:45:40 01/25/00

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I always leave mine on and only turn off the monitor.  (It's working on an
opening book for my mancala program.)  I was also a member of GIMPS (Great
Internet Mersenne Prime Search) for several years.  Never had a problem with
leaving it on for 24 hrs/day, except I have to re-boot about once a week when
things lock up!

Mark

On January 25, 2000 at 13:13:05, John Warfield wrote:

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>just curious, do most people leave their computers running 24 hours a day, or do
>most shut it off?. I shut mine down every night , but I hear it is better to
>keep it running



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