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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130420125220.GH25331@tal