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> The computers were regularly turned off.  I really do not have trouble
> telling if a computer is on or off.  I mean they usually have a hard disk
> spinning or a fan or a power light or something.  Unless you are talking
> about mini computers or mainframes where, the users are shielded from
> the cpu(s).  But unless there is a power outage or a scheduled maintenance
> or a hardware failure they are always up.

	The computers in our lab are old Sun workstations, no hard drive, and
they are placed well under the desk in a recess, you have to get right under
and lie on you back, and look at the ethernet leds on the back of the machine.
It jusrt aint easy to tell if the power is on, or if they have crashed.
	The key is that people come to expect certain constants in their
lives, one of which may be that computers are always turned on, and it can take
them some time to work out what is wrong. I had trouble with my modem the other
day, and after much messing with software, realized it wasnt plugged into the
phone line, a very unusual state that I wasnt expecting.

Jon.