overhead in a G1G1 environment

[Mikus Grinbergs]

> The default that comes with the OS causes the probabilities to come
> true about once per day. This can be changed by the theft deterrence
> server for future requests in the "update" part of the response.
> 
> olpc-update-query is also called by cron every 15 minutes.

I seem to remember with 8.2.x and earlier that, all too often, when 
I ran 'top' it would show 'olpc-update-query' using resources.

My XO was gotten through G1G1, and I am not using it in any kind of 
a "server" environment.  [Given the communications setup at my 
house, cron by itself does not even have the resources to 
successfully make a connection to the internet.]  In that situation, 
is it truly necessary for 'olpc-update-query' to be run ?

mikus