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From: dorayme on 15 Feb 2010 18:09
In article <7ttqeaF9phU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft(a)me.com> wrote:

> On 2010-02-15 09:04:56 -0600, Tom Stiller said:
>
> [in response to my having stated]
>
> >>
> >> I run a little applet, Menu Eclipse, which "hides" the menu when it is
> >> not in use by overlaying it with a solid black. A slight disadvantage
> >> to this is that the space normally occupied by the menu will not be
> >> filled with the background. My real preference would be to have the
> >> menu disappear and appear as does the dock.
> >
> > Turn off the machine.
>
> I can't turn off the computer otherwise the middle of the night
> maintenance and my scheduled backups wouldn't be run. I do have the
> display sleep after a few minutes of inactivity.

Turn it on just before you go to bed and turn it off when you get
up in the morning.

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dorayme
From: TaliesinSoft on 16 Feb 2010 00:30
On 2010-02-15 17:09:39 -0600, dorayme said:

[in resonse to my having stated]

>>
>> I can't turn off the computer otherwise the middle of the night
>> maintenance and my scheduled backups wouldn't be run. I do have the
>> display sleep after a few minutes of inactivity.
>
> Turn it on just before you go to bed and turn it off when you get
> up in the morning.

So what is the advantage, if any, of turning the computer off and then
on compared to just leaving it on and having the display sleep?
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James Leo Ryan --- Austin, Texas --- taliesinsoft(a)me.com

From: dorayme on 16 Feb 2010 02:22
In article <7tuorcFpihU5(a)mid.individual.net>,
TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft(a)me.com> wrote:

> On 2010-02-15 17:09:39 -0600, dorayme said:
>
> [in resonse to my having stated]
>
> >>
> >> I can't turn off the computer otherwise the middle of the night
> >> maintenance and my scheduled backups wouldn't be run. I do have the
> >> display sleep after a few minutes of inactivity.
> >
> > Turn it on just before you go to bed and turn it off when you get
> > up in the morning.
>
> So what is the advantage, if any, of turning the computer off and then
> on compared to just leaving it on and having the display sleep?

Save power all day perhaps, you don't risk seeing anything not
perfectly plain should the cat walk over the keys or pounce on
the mouse? <g>

--
dorayme
From: TaliesinSoft on 16 Feb 2010 09:37
On 2010-02-16 01:22:13 -0600, dorayme said:

[in response to my having asked]

>> So what is the advantage, if any, of turning the computer off and then
>> on compared to just leaving it on and having the display sleep?
>
> Save power all day perhaps, you don't risk seeing anything not
> perfectly plain should the cat walk over the keys or pounce on
> the mouse? <g>

I've started a new thread in comp.sys.mac.system on this topic, hoping
that others with thoughts might contribute.

As an aside, for reasons unbeknownst my cat doesn't jump on my desk or
on any other furniture other than the bed which has become her literal
home.

--
James Leo Ryan --- Austin, Texas --- taliesinsoft(a)me.com

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