Re: The longest Emacs uptime

[pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon)]

magicus <magicus23@gmail.com> writes:

> On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:07:48 -0700, "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> wrote:
>
>>> > My Emacs uptime has reached 30 days, 3 hours, 27 minutes, 44 seconds.
>>> >  This is the longest since I started using Emacs in 2005.
>>> 
>>> Elapsed time since the last power-cut: 2 years, 4 months, 21 hours, 34
>>> min.
>> 
>> Elapsed time since the last
>> `my-elapsed-time-is-bigger-than-your-elapsed-time' contest: 13 minutes
>> 42 seconds.
>
> Thank you. My machine(s) go on when I am using them and are shut off when 
> I am not. I do not see any reason to keep them up 24/7 if I am not using 
> them. WTF is the point of doing so (unless one is donating idle time to 
> SETI or making BitTorrents available)?

What's the point of paying for a computer if you don't have a usage
for it 24/24 365/365?  Better keep the money to pay yourself a
cocacola on the beach otherwise...

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__Pascal Bourguignon__