Comic Sans is easier reading? Actually, it's pretty well proven in the publishing industry that a Serif font is easier to read. Comic Sans has been known to cause apoplectic rage.
Todd Brayer [email protected] On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 10:36 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > WHOOPS - I goofed - resent with correct arial text font - inter net habits > everywhere else die hard in a non-standard system. Sorry it is hard to > remember to write things in text when I ALWAYS send it out with comic sans > for easier reading. Sorry about that. > > Hey Derek, go easy on the guy (below) - he is just trying to help. > > Somewhere in my murky brain I remember now reading that hard drives last a > long time just spinning and spinning, that, as you say, the "startup" from > "off" is a surge that is more harmful than if just left on. > > I have been in computer clean rooms that are sealed with dropped floors > full of wires going everywhere and air conditioned stabilzed air (kind of > cool in temperature) and rows of servers etc.....and everything is just > "ON".....just ON all the time, never turned off. > > As I have possibly said before, my Radius 21 dual page monitor started > flickering vertically about 2 months ago. When turning on the computer, > after about 5 minutes the flicker started...it is vertical and the screen is > going up and down rapidly and there are 4 interations of hte screen in the > vertical flicker. It usually took about 10 minutes of that and the flicker > would go away. Now it is much worse......the flicker starts immediately > after the boot up and it takes over an hour before it stabilizes. However > once it stabilizes it doesn't happen anymore, only if I shut down the > computer and restart it after a long delay. Restarting the computer does > not start the flicker. Shutting down and restarting from total off if done > immediately doesn't cause the flicker to come back. Only a longer shut > down, say 5 mins or more. > > SO - and based on what you guys have said...I am just leaving my Mac on all > the time. I have backup Macs for parts and do hard drive backups 3 times a > day so I can keep my olds Macs running. I use them to do legal work and > other word process and SSheets etc. System 7.6 cause I have so much data > and old programs. Can do ANY internet. I use my PC for internet. I can > rebot the computer in system 8.1 and that gives me SOME web site capability > but awful slow, but absolutely no website ability on system 7.6 > > Wish I knew what has caused the monitor to start the flicker. I have 2 more > Radius monitors a 21" and a 19" so at some point I'll switch to another. > > Thank you for your help and suggestions. > > Bigclaim > > In a message dated 9/16/2011 8:05:22 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > On Sep 16, 2011, at 3:09 AM, QuoVadis wrote: > > > Yes, it's harmfull to a computer to leave it running constantly, > > though this is purely a mechanical issue: a harddisk drive has a > > number of revolutions (of the disk) before it starts to fail. No need > > to worry though: the actual number could be in the millions, if not > > billions. > > This is about as incorrect as it can get. There is no magical number of > revolutions before a drive will fail! The mechanical forces (and wear) > exerted on the drive bearings during spin-up greatly exceed those seen in > normal operation. In terms of hours of operation, you will almost certainly > get a longer operating life out of a drive which is running 24x7 than one > which is put in sleep several times (or even once) a day. When the first 1 > GB drives were introduced, this was one of of their requirements... Keep > them running! I have never seen a server drive fail while running 24x7 > (even after more than a decade of operation) where systems which are run in > the manner you describe often exhibit issues after only a few years (3-5). > While this may be partly due to drive construction, it is also due to the > stresses placed on the drive during startup. Even the electronics will > perform worse under the conditions you recommend. Most electrical faliures > occur during the inrush current which occurs during startup, not during > steady state operation. The only true negative to 24x7 operation is the > power consumption cost. > > Derek > > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > > > > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. 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