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No More Rebooting?
blankmange writes: "This headline caught my eye: 'The End of Computer Rebooting.' Seems that there has been some new developments in memory technology: The new thin-film technology that could give rebooting the boot is based on resistor logic rather than the traditional transistor logic used in most PCs and other memory-enabled devices. It also is considerably faster than current memory systems and holds the promise of reducing the time required to transfer and download multimedia content and other massive files. This is great news, but what am I going to do with the extra hour or so a day?"
I've been waiting for this technology for over five years...when??? When??
When it's done, of course! (Please don't sue me Id Software)
So I guess this puts a big damper on Microsoft Tech Support. "I don't know what to do, please restart your computer."
So if I can't reboot, how am I supposed to recover from Windows crashes?
You are right -- I guess I have never seen it in that light before. Having to reboot is Bill Gates' way of saying "You have spent too much time on the PC, reboot and back away... and don't sue me for your RSI's"... It's a feature, not a bug.... kewl!
...we are from the government - we are here to help...
perhaps all offices should institute a staggered mandatory 15 minute inactivity period every couple of hours for each active computer.
the sysadmin of a server farm would never move again!
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. -- A.E.
"This is great news, but what am I going to do with the extra hour or so a day?"
Extra hour a day?! So... Err... You're a windows user, right?
I think they meant you won't have to reboot during a download, which as a linux user hasn't ever happened to me.
I do remember in the old days of Windows it usually did happen....I even had to get programs that dealt with "download management"....
Broken Hearts are for Assholes. - Frank Zappa
This is great news, but what am I going to do with the extra hour or so a day?
Find a better operating system.
Honestly, at the risk of sounding cliche, real unix systems, that are bound to their hardware have fantastic uptime. The RS6000 we've had for a year has only been taken down for failover testing. If the resolution is hardware based then this Wintel duopoly isn't of much use. But the biggest question is, what will help desk people do if they can't tell people "Reboot the system." to take care of the problem. The vast majority of them may actually have to be trained in technical problem resolution. Millions will be thrown out of work (because it obviously exceeds their capabilities). Its the fragile nature of Windows that keeps the economy moving! Hopefully they will rethink this before its too late.