How is this possible?

[petemc]

My new netbook just connected to IRC. I thought it was off and it was off. I had closed the lid which suspends it to the HD so if the battery is removed its still suspended. Yet it had connected to IRC in this state. I took the battery out, still connected. Put it back in and turned it on where by it resumed from suspended state, let me login and there was all the text while it had been connected without power. It connected to irc not a bouncer. Its a brand new install of windows 7 and nnscript for mirc. No bouncer that I'm aware of. It properly connected to irc at 4:37pm.

[16:37] -Q- Warning: cykbook (~nnscript@78-105-168-15.zone3.bethere.co.uk) authed with your password.
[16:37] * cykbook (~nnscript@cyKey.users.quakenet.org) has joined #talkphotography
[16:37] * Q gives channel operator status to cykbook
[16:37] <cyk:> eh
[16:37] <cyk:> i thought that was turned off
[16:37] <cyk:> it is
[16:38] <cyk:> wtf
[16:38] * [cykbook] (~nnscript@cyKey.users.quakenet.org): cyk
[16:38] * [cykbook] @#talkphotography
[16:38] * [cykbook] *.quakenet.org :QuakeNet IRC Server
[16:38] * [cykbook] is authed as cyKey
[16:38] * [cykbook] End of WHOIS list.
[16:38] * [cyk] (~cyk@cyKey.users.quakenet.org): cyk
[16:38] * [cyk] @#talkphotography
[16:38] * [cyk] blueyonder2.uk.quakenet.org :blueyonder QuakeNet IRC Server
[16:38] * [cyk] is authed as cyKey
[16:38] * [cyk] idle 00:00:20, signon: Sun Feb 1 16:00:01
[16:38] * [cyk] End of WHOIS list.
[16:40] <alexisonfire:> lol
[16:40] <alexisonfire:> magic
[16:40] <cykbook:> wtf
[16:40] <cykbook:> how?!
[16:40] <cykbook:> wtf wtf
[16:40] <alexisonfire:> ?
[16:40] <cykbook:> i took the battery out
[16:41] <cykbook:> it wasn't turned on
[16:41] <cykbook:> yet some how it was connected to irc

It was off! No fan noise. No battery while this happened. The battery was in to start with. It was off and yet it just joined irc. I'm completely lost.