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- From: ftit@tagus.engin.umich.edu (Sergej Roytman)
- Subject: Re: Computer Superstition
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 00:29:20 EST
- Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
- References: <10292323.7317.11306@kcbbs.gen.nz> <1992Nov18.153133.2835@tc.cornell.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov18.153133.2835@tc.cornell.edu>, mdw@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Matt Welsh) writes:
- |In article <10292323.7317.11306@kcbbs.gen.nz> Murray_Moffatt@kcbbs.gen.nz (Murray Moffatt) writes:
- |>We've all heard of common superstitions such as not walking under ladders
- |>and throwing salt over your left shoulder if you spill some, but are
- |>there any superstitions to do with computers?
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- |Yes, that if you admit to using MS-DOS you'll grow hair on your palms and
- |go blind. Seen it happen to a guy before, once... not a pretty sight.
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- Not Messy-DOS. BASIC. It happens if you do BASIC too long. It
- happened to a guy this friend of mine konws.
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- |Matt Welsh mdw@tc.cornell.edu +1 607 253 2737
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