Not trying to be facetious but I actually did go on vacation for 4 days
only to come back and find the computer still on, due to this change :D
That's what happens when using beta software, so no complaints.

I personally dislike the idea of a second dialog at all; it doesn't provide any 
additional options regarding shutting down (since those are already in the same 
drop-down).  It seems reasonable that clicking "shut down" would cause the 
computer to do just that.  My personal preference aside, I do understand the 
reasoning to allow for people to reverse effects of accidental clicks. The 
countdown was a good compromise to allow for both.  That's how KDE still 
handles it.  
As far as the dilemma of making the OS modal, I don't see that as an issue 
since the user has already clicked "shut down", so whether or not they see the 
dialog they should expect an action to occur, and in the case of accidental 
clicks, be on the lookout for the dialog to negate the action.

Please consider these points.  Either way, at least for the time being I
know it was an intentional change and not an oversight.

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Shutdown timer no longer appears
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548415
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