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- From: u734120@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au (John Lamp)
- Subject: Re: Computer Superstition
- Message-ID: <u734120.722208386@bruny>
- Sender: news@newsroom.utas.edu.au
- Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
- References: <10292323.7317.11306@kcbbs.gen.nz>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:26:26 GMT
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- Murray_Moffatt@kcbbs.gen.nz (Murray Moffatt) writes:
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- >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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- Never let anything electronic - especially computers - know you are in a
- hurry!
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- This used to be a well known notice on photocopiers and printers
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- THIS MACHINE IS SUBJECT TO BREAKDOWNS DURING PERIODS OF CRITICAL NEED
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- A special circuit in the machine, called a 'criticality detector', senses
- the user's emotional state in terms of how desperate they are to use the
- machine.
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- The criticality detector then creates a malfunction in the machine
- proportional to the desperation of the user.
-
- Threatening the machine with violence only aggravates the situation.
-
- Sub-etheric networking of criticality detectors means attempts to use
- another machine may well cause another malfunction.
-
- Keep cool, say nice things to the machine. Nothing else seems to work.
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- Never let anything electronic know you are in a hurry!
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- Cheers
- John
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