On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:44:45 +0300, Matan Cohen 
<[email protected]> wrote:

>in the past I  remeber i was told never to cut power using the emergency
>switch ( i don't know the reason for that but it was said by a wise man).

There were machines that had built-in fire extinguishers. These would trip 
when the emergency power-off switch was hit. 

Needless to say that could cause some havoc...

Jantje.

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