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		<outline created="Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:33:59 GMT" text="Does your computer have an on/off switch?">
			<outline created="Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:34:11 GMT" text="First let me explain what I mean."></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:34:19 GMT" text="This is an on-off switch:"></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:34:25 GMT" text="&lt;img src=&quot;http://images.scripting.com/archiveScriptingCom/2010/04/23/onoff.gif&quot; width=&quot;100&quot; height=&quot;125&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;A picture named onoff.gif&quot;&gt;"></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:34:26 GMT" text="If you press the top part, whatever it's connected to turns on."></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:34:46 GMT" text="If you press the bottom part, it turns off."></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:34:52 GMT" text="On, off, on, off, etc etc."></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:41:12 GMT" text="If you forget which part does what, they are conveniently labeled to remind you of their function."></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:41:32 GMT" text="Anyway, looking around my desk I see lots of things that have switches that work exactly this way. 1. Printer. 2. Lamp. 3. Power strips. "></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:46:37 GMT" text="But lots of things don't. 1. Scanner. 2. Router. 3. Modem. 4. iMac."></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:43:39 GMT" text="I seem to remember that my first Apple II had a simple on-off switch. Did the IBM PC? Not sure. The Apple III? Not sure. Pretty sure the first Mac did not have an on-off switch. "></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:44:19 GMT" text="Let's compare notes. Does your computer give you a clear and simple way to turn it off? If not, should it?"></outline>
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