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To: pbrown; Malsua; All

One zero, and another....01011010

Huh?

I have a few questions, if you don't mind,

When I turn off my laptop, I lose up to the last 1/2 hour of work. Is that right?

What should I set my check point frequency to, if I turn the computer off at least twice a day?

Is my premise correct?


71 posted on 02/02/2006 5:16:22 PM PST by fanfan (Please ask me about folding@home. :-))
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To: fanfan
One zero, and another....01011010 Huh?

It's a geek thing I suppose :). I don't have the link on this machine, but there's a binary, hex, decimal, base 64 calculator, input text, get binary(01011101) etc.

As to the amount of lost work, it depends on how often you set your checkpoint. If you right-click, configure, it's an option in there. It defaults to 15 minutes. You can set it to 3 minutes if you choose or 30 minutes or whatever, it's a slider. It robs some cycles during the save and you lose a little efficiency, but if you're concerned set it lower. I set mine for 10 minutes.

72 posted on 02/02/2006 5:24:12 PM PST by Malsua
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