Re: stopping job before shutdown.

[Will Mengarini <seldon@eskimo.com>]

* mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> [22-06/29=We 13:31 +0100]:
>>> [...] when turning off PC with power button
>>> there is the message, "stopping job" [...]

* gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> [22-06/29=We 09:08 -0400]:
>> That method of stopping the pc is quite dangerous [...]

* tomas@tuxteam.de <tomas@tuxteam.de> [22-06/29=We 16:46 +0200]:
> [...] the button triggers an orderly shutdown (otherwise
> the PC wouldn't get a chance to output a message) [...]

I feel old.

http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/B/Big-Red-Switch.html