Date   : Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:43:57 -0600
From   : jules.richardson99@... (Jules Richardson)
Subject: RFC: Need two error numbers

J.G.Harston wrote:
> Whenever I see people on films "turn off their computer"[3.14] part of me
> is shouting "shut it down first!" :)
> 
> [3.14]Usually by just pressing a power button on the monitor!

Well, better systems will flush storage caches for you when the power button 
is pressed, with no need for the user to do so first :-)

(I seem to remember my NCR Unix lump having a built-in UPS; it'd keep the 
system in a suspended state if the power went, and commit in-memory data to 
disk if the battery was about to go, too. That was over 20 years ago.)

Don't get me started on Hollywood computers that echo passwords as plain-text 
to the screen, though ;)

cheers

Jules