smb@cs.columbia.edu ("Steven M. Bellovin") writes:

>[on low battery and no ac power].  Third, in my
>opinion the proper response is to suspend the (laptop) computer, not
>turn it off.

Bad idea, unless you want just a minute more to sprint to the ac adapter.
Laptops can very well run out of juice in suspend too :)

regards,
	spz
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spz@serpens.de (S.P.Zeidler)