# We've lost power here at work...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-lost-power-here-at-work/295966>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 24, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-lost-power-here-at-work/295966 "2005-03-24T00:01:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-lost-power-here-at-work/295966/1 "2005-03-24T00:01:26Z")

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And yet I’m still posting on the SDMB due to the big honking UPS under my desk.

Who knew it would ever come in handy?

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**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-lost-power-here-at-work/295966/2 "2005-03-24T00:23:20Z")

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I wish I could post to the SDMB when we lose power at work. Usually we just play koosh basketball.

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-lost-power-here-at-work/295966/3 "2005-03-24T00:44:43Z")

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You lose power? How 1990. 😃

Guess working in a data center / network supernode has its benefits. Even during the famed California rolling blackouts a few summers ago, we were immune to being shut off even though we’ve got a generator that’ll run the place indefinitely, or as long as the fuel trucks keep arriving.

Even if we did lose juice, my desktop PC is a lapop, so I’d just open the lid.

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**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-lost-power-here-at-work/295966/4 "2005-03-24T04:13:28Z")

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I’ve rarely had power of any kind in any job. When I have, it has usually been undermined by my supervisors at the time.

Oh, _that_ kind of power! :smack:

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**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-lost-power-here-at-work/295966/5 "2005-03-24T04:45:13Z")

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> [@gotpasswords](#):
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> You lose power? How 1990. 😃

Well, the hamsters do die eventually. 😛