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Posted by Chad Everett on December 6, 2007

How Often Does Your Power Go Out? »

The power just went out for the second time in recent memory. It actually stayed out for a few minutes, which is unusual. In fact, I really thought that it would be gone for a while, so I had just shut down the computer. It didn't quite get through the whole power-down cycle before the power came back up.

Before you wonder how I was doing all this with the power out, I have a UPS, so I normally just ride it out. In this case, it didn't seem like I'd be able to do so, so I shut everything down and was getting ready to do something else. Then the power came back on. As mentioned, this is the second time in recently that the power has gone out for more than a second or two. The last time it was out for hours.

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