I plugged my laptop into this weird power strip thingy, a Datashield Model
85, that is from the Beige era of computing.
i noticed a while later that it was not powered - so i hit the reset
button on the power strip, and it clicked and came back on.
after the third time i figured it was no good, and needed to be repaired
and not used until then, so i was going to unplug it. But i saw something
else was plugged into it, from far away via an extension cord.
The new color laser printer! Oh Noes!! the poor printer was getting
turned on and off repeatedly due to this bullshit powerstrip thing.
So if the laser printer is upset now, it may be because of repeated on and
off, which they don't like. I recommend it be plugged into a reliable
power socket, so it can be on or off, and if left on it can go to sleep
without being suddenly off and on again all the time.
-jake
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