I installed the smart sleep preference pane. Now, both my MBP and I will sleep better :-)

I've been doing this for a couple of years now. with 4GB of ram sometimes it will take a minute to dump everything.. so i was very eager to get rid of that delay

Is it that hard to wait 10 seconds before moving? Take the time to tie your shoe or something before you run off.

Yes. Not knowing exactly when it will be finished, trying to see if the light is just "on" or pulsating. Getting off the train while it's still at your station or getting on a plane etc.

If everyone regularly backed up their data, this would be less of an issue.