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stux⚡️
Why we call it booting 
Nov 2 at 2:54pmWeb
Show threadWalrus 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Nov 2

@stux

I'm baffled by this idea of turning my computer off.

Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPENov 2
@Walrus @stux There's this thing called "climate change" that you may not have heard of?
Show threadGraeghosMIUSNov 2
@TimWardCam Something called industrial pollution too. Turning on and off your PC kills it quicker so it gets thrown out and more electronic stuff is made for you helping destroy the climate. Almost everything is a big disco ball, choose the facet you want to focus on, it's all mirrors
Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPENov 2
@GraeghosMIUS I think I've only ever thrown out computers because they've got too small and slow for the increasing demands of modern software; I don't think I've had one fail. (Apart from a second hand one that someone gave me that never really worked in the first place.)
Show thread🅱️eisbolCardsNov 2

@TimWardCam @GraeghosMIUS

Computers, I always give them away while they are still serviceable, but I don't think I've ever left a phone that someone else could use.

Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPENov 2
@beisbolcards @GraeghosMIUS I've never found anyone who wanted them, not after I'd destroyed the hard disk anyway.
Show threadBen PettisNov 2
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Show thread64kbNov 4
@TimWardCam @beisbolcards @GraeghosMIUS my laptop has so many dents. Almost as soon as I got it I'd accidentally hoofed it off the sofa.
Show threadgroff 🇺🇦Nov 2

@GraeghosMIUS @TimWardCam

It isn't the 1970s any more.

Show threadGraeghosMIUSNov 2
@geoffl Am I too old and using an analogy that makes no sense to anyone now? Not uncommon for me now. ;-p
Show threadgroff 🇺🇦Nov 2
@GraeghosMIUS Turning computers off when not needed (mine are always set to power down after 60 seconds of no interaction) doesn't noticeably shorten the life of modern computers, it'll be obsolete before it breaks. I've always run aggressive power saving so my machines shut down and restart about 20 times per day and I've never replaced a main board, processor, graphics card or memory for any reason other than an upgrade.
Show thread64kbNov 4
@GraeghosMIUS @TimWardCam I've been turning my computers on and off for ages and that's not what's killed them.
Show threadPatrick SchmitzNov 2
@stux and often that was also the way we accidentally turned it off.
Show threadaspraggNov 2

@schmitzel76 @stux I remember a model of desktop PC where the power pushbutton protruded from the case front even in the ‘on’ state, and was the exact same height as the back edge of the keyboard. Pushing the keyboard back against the computer would switch it off!

…except, the button activated on release. So, if you heard the ‘click’ you’d realise you’d armed it. The trick then was to hold the keyboard against the case for as long as it took to save your WIP and shutdown everything cleanly!

Show threadPatrick SchmitzNov 2
@aspragg @stux it could be worse. I had a big tower under my desk, where the reset button was at knee height. Pressed that one so often while adjusting my seating position.
Show threadOmegaNov 2
@schmitzel76 @aspragg @stux Switch covers are your friend (stops the cat from rebooting stuff with it's arse as you can see from the attached fluff)
Show threadsebastian büttrichNov 2

@stux

Actually should be called a "toe process".

Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPENov 2
@stux I still do.
Show threadJuho MäntysaloNov 2

@TimWardCam @stux

I used to do something similar until I had turned my computer off by accident enough times.

Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPENov 2
@iju @stux Turning it off by accident has happened, but on average only about once per decade.
Show threadKNov 2

@stux I always used my tongue, which is why I probably kept getting sacked...

...And electrical shocks.

Show threadGrumpyDad 🇺🇦🇵🇸Nov 2
@stux Shouldn't it be called "footing" if you're barefoot though?
Show threadLydia ConwellNov 2
@stux I still do that ... with all computers, smartphones ... any electrical device, in fact.
Show threadthe 1998 Sega Saturn RPG, Baroque 🔞Nov 2
@stux literally tho
Show threadComputerNut43Nov 2
@stux yessssss hahaha
Show threadmethuselahNov 2
Meeh mine was lenovo and the power button was on top
Show threadarfy 🐕 🌸Nov 2
@stux i still do that
Show threadHoward GeesNov 2
@stux In my day (1992) the PC had a lever on the front which operated the power switch on the PSU.
Show threadMartina NeumayerNov 2

@HowardGees Yeap.. And this was a real turn off.
Since the ATX era began it isn't possible anymore to fully/really turn off the pc or even today phones as well. There's always some power on the board and that's why things like PoL/PoK are possible. Which weren't doable in the time of the AT standard.

@stux

Show threadDr. Michael HfuhruhurrNov 2
@stux gotta show 'em who's boss right up front, or they get ideas
Show threadCuck NorrisNov 2
@stux imagine if they had tongues 🥴
Show threadGeoWendNov 2
@stux extra points if you did some typing or media insertion with your toes. (CD Reputation gets a whole ‘ other meaning….)
Show threadZło To 🏴‍☠️ ᵗʰʳᵉᵉᶠᶦᵈᵈʸNov 2
@stux the real story behind word booting is somewhat more twisted
Show threadHelgeNov 3
But it requires shoelaces. Who wears those when using a computer?
Show threadJames WellsNov 2
@stux
That is also how we hit the turbo button... Which caused some of us to randomly DC in the middle of some games... That and when mom would pick up the phone to call her sister in Detroit.
Show threadbillyNov 2
@stux i literally still do that now
Show threadIngonymousNov 2
@stux
That's why the Amiga needed a "kickstart" 😁
Show threadSouprMattNov 2
@stux In the 80s we turned them on with a reach-around…
Show threadniallorNov 2
@stux I remember when it used to be called IPL
Show threadPeteNov 2
@stux @paul_edwin Joking aside, I do have my big toe saved as a ‘fingerprint’ to unlock my phone. Just in case of I dunno, a barefooted hostage situation or something? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Show thread食 Shoku the UmbreonNov 2
@stux I had a full tower. I had to stand up to reach the power switch.
Show threadmaterializing variationsNov 2
@stux Can confirm
Show threadMonedulaNov 2
@stux I was not the only one? Hahaha
Show threadtundaNov 2
@stux Actually, I accidentally turned it off while playing.
Show threadcomputer mausNov 2
@stux i still did that like less than 10 years ago haha
Show threadChuffMeisterNov 2
@stux tie jobs rawk
Show threadBrokken T-WolfNov 2
@stux Hm... Toe print scanners, huh?
Show threadJens FinkhäuserNov 3
@stux 90s.
Show threadStroomAfwaarts 🌱Nov 3
@stux they had a speed indicator light, that could be manipulated. My machine's speed was always "666" 🤭
Show threadShoe BillNov 4

@stux @msbellows

Percussive maintenance, yes.

Show threadM.S. Bellows, Jr.Nov 4
@the @stux I think it's more that we all kept our huge hot cases under our desks and pushed the power button with our feet.
Show threadHenrikNov 8
@stux
The Real Reason is far more interesting.