Why a Reboot?

jnalpak · #1 11-10-2005, 12:59 PM

I had an interesting question asked that i havent thought about in a long time.

Why do you need to reboot your XP workstation?

FouTight · #2 11-10-2005, 01:50 PM

what?

Freakin · #3 11-10-2005, 02:11 PM

I've found that you have to reboot your computer less if you freqently straighten your cables. Computers operate in binary, which is all 1's and 0's. The 0's are nice and round, so they can get through kinks in the cable. The 1's, however, have sharp points that tend to get stuck in bends. So give that a try for starters. I only have to reboot my computer every 2 weeks or so.

CORed · #4 11-10-2005, 02:29 PM

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I've found that you have to reboot your computer less if you freqently straighten your cables. Computers operate in binary, which is all 1's and 0's. The 0's are nice and round, so they can get through kinks in the cable. The 1's, however, have sharp points that tend to get stuck in bends. So give that a try for starters. I only have to reboot my computer every 2 weeks or so.

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Giving the cables a good shake helps to free up the 1's that get stuck sideways, too. also, you need to open the case and do the same for the HD cable.

Nomad84 · #5 11-10-2005, 02:36 PM

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I've found that you have to reboot your computer less if you freqently straighten your cables. Computers operate in binary, which is all 1's and 0's. The 0's are nice and round, so they can get through kinks in the cable. The 1's, however, have sharp points that tend to get stuck in bends. So give that a try for starters. I only have to reboot my computer every 2 weeks or so.

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CrazyN8 · #6 11-10-2005, 02:40 PM

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I've found that you have to reboot your computer less if you freqently straighten your cables. Computers operate in binary, which is all 1's and 0's. The 0's are nice and round, so they can get through kinks in the cable. The 1's, however, have sharp points that tend to get stuck in bends. So give that a try for starters. I only have to reboot my computer every 2 weeks or so.

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wonderwes · #7 11-10-2005, 10:36 PM

Every single Windows OS is flawed. Funny since the original windows was stolen code from Apple and Steve Jobs.

A reboot is required, because no matter what, Windows software will mess up registry, dead running .exe, memory leaks, and maybe a blue screen here and there.

astroglide · #8 11-10-2005, 11:15 PM

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Funny since the original windows was stolen code from Apple and Steve Jobs.

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funny since the lawsuit was because of look and feel, not code
funny since the gui concept was lifted from xerox parc by apple
funny since you don't know what you're talking about

smoore · #9 11-11-2005, 01:03 PM

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Every single OS is flawed. Funny since they all steal from each other.

A reboot is required, because no matter what, software will mess up .

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CORed · #10 11-11-2005, 01:29 PM

Yes, but Apple stole it first.

Pardon my hijack, but the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center is an amazing story. They invented the GUI, ethernet networking and the laser printer. How many of these products did Xerox bring to market? None. Not even the laser printer, which was based on copier technology invented by Xerox. An amazing bit of corporate stupidity. They funded R&D, got great results, and failed to do anything with it. Other companies made billions off of stuff they invented.