Peter Samuel writes:
> - Australian power points (or power outlets if you don't know what
> I'm talking about) all have switches on the outlet itself, not at
> the wall.
Seems to be part of the UK mains wiring code, because it's in Britain
and India as well. Even in the server colocation facility in VSNL
(India's national telephone company), the server outlets have
switches. I was aghast! Who would ever turn a server off?? If it
were me, I'd devise a little plastic grommet which would go between
the outlet and the plug, and hold the switch *on*, damnit.
Then again, while I was there doing a qmail server install, the
facility lost power (and yes, they have generators in the basement).
Somebody make a *big* boo-boo, once for thirty seconds (which was bad
enough), and then again five minutes later, for fifteen minutes. Just
long enough for the e2fsck to get started. It only took three hours
to complete.
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