At around 2 AM Wednesday morning, the power went out, and my server UPS informed me with earsplitting screeches. The logical thing to do would have been to log on the server and shut it down gracefully, but I wasn’t thinking straight, seeing as I had been awoken just then by an alarm. I unplugged the UPS, but of course it went on making its horrible, piercing tone as there was no power. I then had to hold down and release the UPS’s button, and it stopped. I then spent a few minutes bringing the machines back up to speed. I ran down to see if my rig’s UPS had held out for a few minutes, but it hadn’t. Oh well. I’m beginning to wonder if UPSes are worth it.