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- From: mschenk@research.ptt.nl (Mike Schenk +31 70 33 23926)
- Subject: RE: COMPUTER SUPERSTITION
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.105959.1@research.ptt.nl>
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- References: <2391.738.uupcb@freddy.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 08:59:59 GMT
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- In article <2391.738.uupcb@freddy.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>, jerome.yuzyk@freddy.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Jerome Yuzyk) 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?
- >
- > If a command sequence doesn't work the first time, typing it HARDER will
- > work for subsequent attempts.
- >
- > The machine understands when a command line is complete (and user sits
- > staring at command line instead of pressing [Enter])
-
- Something similar but not really superstition is that I always
- seem to attract the bugs in a system. And not just with computers
- but with everything. But with computers it is the most obvious. I
- always complain about bugs or funny things which my colleagues
- have never encountered.
-
- Mike
-