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- From: Valaria_Vorlop@mindlink.bc.ca (Valaria Vorlop)
- Subject: Re: dogs and computers
- Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 20:45:51 GMT
- Message-ID: <18808@mindlink.bc.ca>
- Sender: news@deep.rsoft.bc.ca (Usenet)
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- > Evelyn S. Hlabse writes:
- > I am curious as to whether anyone has a dog who recognizes the
- > noises made by computers. Whenever I am working (playing?) on my
- > computer at home, Digory comes in and lies under the table. As
- > soon as I start to shut down for the evening my Mac makes some
- > strange noises and Digory immediately gets up and heads either for
- > his bed or my bedroom whichever room I happen to be headed to. He
- > seems to be able to sense which I am going to do. Does anyone else
- > have similar experiences?
-
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- Yup! The dog's are up before I am when I switch the computer off. Sometimes I
- have to do a cold boot and I confuse them :) If I get up for a drink without
- switching off, they don't move 'cos they know I will be right back.
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