Nifty EEE trick: sidestepping standby when lid is closed

Turns out there isn't a simple ctrl-alt-whatever keystroke trick to make the screen go to sleep, but I got the following code from the EEEuser forum to make it so that when you shut the EEE it just turns off the screen without going into standby (thereby preserving any network connections, but letting you save at least some battery life if you have stretches of dead time).
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I'll have to give it a try when I get home, I decided not to bring the EEE along to work today because I'm gonna go see 10,000 BC right after work and don't want to leave it in the cold car all afternoon.

Welp, not gonna see 10,000 B.C. after all.

The important thing to keep in mind about enjoying a movie you know (or suspect) will be bad is...
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More Skin Horse minis: Sweetheart, group shot

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