Asterisk shabbat mode?

[geoffrey mendelson]

On Jan 17, 2010, at 3:32 PM, ik wrote:
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> But for that you need to know when is the shabat enter a specific  
> location, so you need extra program for it (even if it's pure bash),  
> to calculate the exact time it started. I think that the berkley  
> should have the exact time and date for each week for that.
> I agree that you can execute it like so, but it requires a bit more  
> work then what you are pointing out imho.


Thanks everyone for the help, this has really been an education.

In my case, I have a CISCO phone on my kitchen table, which has to get  
put away when it's shabbat. So before I unplug it I can just dial some  
number, and have it go into shabbat mode. If I forget, I can go into  
one of the other rooms with a phone and do it there.

It's not so much that exactly at candle lighting time (at least in my  
case) that I want the phones to go into shabbat mode, it's when I shut  
down the computers. which is often earlier. No, I don't shut down all  
of them. :-)

Geoff.

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