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Re: what's your Debian uptime?



On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 09:45:21AM +0200, Helmut Wollmersdorfer wrote:
> 
> In 1992 I worked late after usual office hours on my laptop (an IBM
> 386) connected to the power supply and battery removed (to save
> lifetime of the battery).
> 
> Then the cleaning woman stepped in and asked: "May I vacuum clean
> the room?" I gave OK.
> 
> Then the screen of my laptop suddenly darkened. She pulled out the
> cable of the next power outlet to plug in the vacuum cleaner. But
> she unplugged the cable of my laptop.

Wasn't there a story where every night at exactly the same time, a
computer system would go down for about 15mins. 

It was the same issue that you struck!

-- 
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people
who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the 
oppressing." --- Malcolm X


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