NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/alt/folklore/computer/16518

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From: [e-mail] (Dave Brown)
Subject: Re: Computer Superstition
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (David Brooks) writes:
>In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (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?
>
>I may be the only one to do this, but I sometimes bang on the Return key a
>few times when I want something to hurry up (that is if the Return will be
>harmless when eventually read).  This goes back to the days of using an OS
>(Primos?) that gives you scheduling preference when it sees a CR.

I dunno about that <RETURN> to speed up the system--one of our sysadmins
where I work was reported to have hit <RETURN> no fewer than 50 times
to speed up the login procedure (VMS)--but then again we have a fairly
involved login for all users here....but it doesn't run any faster with
a stream of CR's coming in.....

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Dave Brown
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