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Re:Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the world yet? by allenbrunson on Thursday September 11, 2008 @02:48PM (#301635)
beos had an is_computer_on function. look at the bottom of this page:

  http://www.haiku-os.org/legacy-docs/bebook/TheKernelKit_SystemInfo.html
Re:Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the world yet? by nostrademons on Thursday September 11, 2008 @04:00PM (#301704)
I really need to test that "is_computer_on_fire" function. I somehow doubt that it'll have an accurate reading.