[fanfan]

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.

LOL!

I'm no further ahead on the zero and one thing, but your explanation was very entertaining. Thanks!

As to the amount of lost work, it depends on how often you set your checkpoint. I set mine for 10 minutes.

I've been setting it to 30 mins. when my L/T will be running for a few hours, or more.

I reset it to every 5-10 mins before I turn it off.

Is this helping me to retain more of the work?

(Now I'm sounding like a geek. That's a good thing, right?)

[Malsua]

Is this helping me to retain more of the work?

I think you're worrying too much. Just set it and forget it. The impact is minimal. Losing up to 20 minutes a day is frankly meaningless.

[Malsua]

Here it is...

http://www.paulschou.com/tools/xlate/

[dfwddr]

I reset it to every 5-10 mins before I turn it off. Is this helping me to retain more of the work?

Only if you wait 5-10 minutes before turning it off.

[ken in texas]

Is this helping me to retain more of the work?

Several others have replied that it's probably not worth the effort... I agree. If you want to be really sure you've saved that last bit of info, check the Log file; when it says that it's "Writing local files", your last checkpoint has been written. Then you can shut down and salvage the last few minutes of folding.