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On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, Sharon uttered the following:
> Well, we get sent home early a lot, unfortunately, so the shift CAN be only 4-6 hours. My illustration was meant to mean that the
> batteries could die in the middle of a shift and leave me in silence for the duration. I always thought you had to run batteries
> down all the way before recharging them or you gave them some kind of "memory" that lessened their life. Evidently technology has
> progressed past that point... (o:

Li-ions have progressed past it. NiMH still suffers from a memory
effect, but it's not very large (nothing like NiCad's).

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 dig up the road to clear the blockage because it is covered with the
 wrong type of tarmac.' --- British Telecom, via Mark Lowes

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