Re: Pips again

In article <254e0e1b-9dd7-4b4b-b667-e945971e526e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mark Carver <markcarver@xxxxxxxxxx> writes
On Jan 18, 5:58 pm, <m...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 18 Jan,
Mark Carver <mark.car...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> That may be, but after my lads creep out to go and terrorise the local
> community for another evening, I often need to go into their rooms and
> switch off all the Las Vegas style energy consumption.

> Just wait until they get their own places..........

I'm thinking of slotmeters, or else change the locks.

Switching off the upstairs ring main often concentrates their minds.

I find OSX is very robust when presented with sudden power failures :)
Linux, OTOH, as used in a certain proxy server, can take *ages* to reboot!

Regards,

Simonm (on the proxy-free side of the house network...)

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