Re: Dog Day Afternoons

Yr doberman ownz yr PC..!

Maybe she just nudges a loose power lead on the PC?

Or maybe she starts up her laptop, opens a remote desktop connection to your
PC, and select "shutdown" from the task manager? That's what our
dachshund(s) normally do... <g>

- Roddy


"Scout" <Toothpaste@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I have a very fierce assistant of the Dobermann variety.
>
> She is not afraid of burglars, fireworks or thunderstorms, but rain
> always has her trying to hide under my desk.
>
> The first thing she always does (after climbing under my desk) is turn
> my computer off.
>
> I don't know how she does it. I have the usual rat's nest of wires
> behind my desk driving my stereo, umpteen wallwarts for USB devices, my
> cellphone's cradle, and several EFTPOS devices.
>
> Apart from the fact that it seems difficult to fit a large dog under a
> desk, does anyone have any idea how such an animal could do this?
>
> I thought that the Windows API group would be the best place to look,
> but I reckon they would just make fun of me.
>
> The dog doesn't pull the plug, she shuts the computer down!
>
> Everything requiring power continues to run. Even my computer will
> start up again if I punch the power button.
>
> I'm beginning to think that there is a hardware interface called
> ShutThisThingOffAndPayAttentionToMe which I would like to encapsulate in
> a Delphi component if only I could figure out what it does.
>
> Do you know?
>
> Scout


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