Re: stopping job before shutdown.

["Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net>]

Hi,

Will Mengarini wrote:
> I feel old.
> http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/B/Big-Red-Switch.html

Me too. This button pressing for shutdown frightens me.
Two years ago i had to craft a molly-guard for the on-off-button
on top of this box:
  https://static3.caseking.de/media/image/thumbnail/geph-004_geph_004_05_800x800.jpg

I cut a small piece from the transparent lid of a CD case and rasped
it to have elegantly rounded corners. A stripe of transparent tape
serves as hinge. It's not obscuring the blueish light ring around the
button and the disk activity LED in the little hole but still highly
safe against human error.

Note that the manufacturer took care to armor the USB sockets and the
Reset button by a sturdy hatch.


Have a nice day :)

Thomas