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- From: pashley@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Montykins)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
- Subject: Re: Computer Superstition
- Message-ID: <41318@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 10:20:25 GMT
- References: <1992Nov19.174914.28632@osf.org> <BxzAs5.397@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <BxzIoD.Iu4@world.std.com>
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- In article <BxzIoD.Iu4@world.std.com>, dp@world.std.com (Jeff DelPapa) writes:
- >
- >my favorite computer go-faster gesture, is to make a motion like
- >turning a crank next to the monitor; winding it up as it were... I
- >keep meaning to find an old machine tool crank and fasten it to my
- >monitor...
- >
-
- When I'm dealing with a computer that's totally forgotten that it
- has a job to do, I like to lean forward and tap the monitor with a
- pen. In theory, this should wake up the Monitor Gnomes, who will
- relay the message to whatevergnomes are slacking off.
-
- A variant of this is to start a long job and wait until it's almost
- done. Then, get someone's attention. Lean forward. Pause
- dramatically. Tap tap. "Helloooo . . . gnoommmmeessssss?" Job
- finishes, computer springs to life, onlooker gets confused.
-
- -Paul "Monty" Ashley
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- All just the opinions of pashley@sdcc13.ucsd.edu.
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