On Dec 2, 2005, at 4:55 AM, Steve [RubyTalk] wrote:
> Yup... that seems pretty reasonable to me too....though I have to  
> say I'm surprised that I seem to be defining something to do this  
> rather than just using a library component.  It's exactly the sort  
> of thing I'd have previously been sure someone would have contributed.

I think most of us have faith that, in general, the computer will not  
lose power in the middle of an operation.

Which explains why I had to re-type a half-hour's worth of wiki page  
editing when the my company's building lost power a few days ago. :)