The Mac mentioned in the best possible way by the smartest character on Stargate Atlantis

[Michael Brian Bentley]

>On 21-May-2007, at 15:39, Michael Brian Bentley wrote:
>>>Why would anyone EVER shutdown a Mac?
>>
>>My rhetorical answer: only to avoid bugs,
>
>What bugs?  I only ever shutdown for updates that require it.

What updates require turning the power off? The adding RAM software install?

>>and ride on a plane legally.
>
>What?  Since when is it illegal to ride on a plane with a powered 
>off laptop that has saved it's RAM to disk?

If it doesn't wake up under 10000 feet after leaving the gate, you're 
good. If it does, ZOMG UR PWND! The US feds will come into the plane 
at cruising altitude and take you to Guantanamo.

>>The one thing I can think of is that I'm rougher on the machine 
>>getting off of the ferryboat and I jostle the MBP's motion sensor 
>>during the prep for sleep phase, and that somehow knocks the sleep 
>>thing out of whack.
>
>Try hibernating instead.  All the benefits of sleep, most o the 
>benefits of shutting down.

Switch-activated sleep does seem to cover it as long as I remember to 
press the space bar after opening the lid. I'll know better in a week.