HOW

[applesauce]

So, I turned on the AC unit in my living room just now, and as I did so, my roomate's desktop across the room (same circuit, different outlets) turned itself on. It was entirely off, not sleeping.

HOW, BOYAH, HOW.

Also the computer is on a power strip and a UPS.

[[hedy]Zidone]

It's heat-sensitive.

[Nyerp]

your house is possessed by a fluffy white cat and the keyboard is going to eat your fingers

[applesauce]

your house is possessed by a fluffy white cat and the keyboard is going to eat your fingers

GODDAMMIT SNOWY

[Samus Aran]

this reminds me of how one night my xbox turned itself on twice

i was scared :'(

[Nyerp]

this reminds me of how one night my xbox turned itself on twice

i was scared :'(

XBox: Turn-on.

[Andria]

my ps3 turns on at the same time every night

[Kalahari Inkantation]

my ps3 turns on at the same time every night

ps+ causes this

[Andria]

ps+ causes this

way to ruin it 

didn't even let anyone else see it before it was ruined

[applesauce]

So today during the storm, this happened again.

I was thinking about it and I realized what it was. The UPS has a diagnostics/control feed hooked up to his computer that can safely shut down when the battery is dying, records voltages and loads over time, and sends event information. I think that the UPS probably switched to battery power (both from the voltage drop with the AC startup and from brief power interruptions in the storm) and told it to turn on due to some bug in the UPS diagnostic software.

Something like that. 

[Socks]

I like that you're thinking about it. It just turns me on.

[applesauce]

I like that you're thinking about it. It just turns me on.

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