docs: adding a note about osquery scheduler behavior (#3305)

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Scheduled queries can also set: `"removed":false` and `"snapshot":true`. See
the next section on [logging](../deployment/logging.md), and the below configuration specification to learn how query options affect the output.
**Note** that the `interval` time in seconds is how many seconds the _daemon_
itself has been running before the scheduled query will be executed. If the
system is suspended or put to sleep the progression of time "freezes" and
resumes when the system comes back online. For example a scheduled query with
an interval of `84600`, or 24 hours, running on a laptop system could take
a few days before the query executes if the system is suspended at night.
## Query Packs
Configuration supports sets, called packs, of queries that help define your