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Re: "Put down the mouse, and back away, slowly..."

Posted By: Sam, on host 64.140.215.100
Date: Friday, May 11, 2007, at 15:12:05
In Reply To: Re: "Put down the mouse, and back away, slowly..." posted by Daniel on Wednesday, May 9, 2007, at 12:23:56:

> "But when I left work yesterday, I left my computer on!"
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> Are there many middle-aged people who aren't familiar with the concept of a power outage?

I wonder if she was thinking that, having left the computer on, it would then have booted up automatically after the power came back. Like the lights. And computers, once upon a time, when the power switches were more mechanical than they are now.

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Re: "Put down the mouse, and back away, slowly..." - Daniel - Fri, 5/11/2007, 17:14:23

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