Shoddy Hardware (Was: Re: WW fixtures (was Re: "New" PDP-8))

From: Sridhar the POWERful <vance_at_ikickass.org>
Date: Tue Apr 2 15:50:41 2002

On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Douglas H. Quebbeman wrote:

> > > I do have one theory that applies to PCs and cars: If you fail to shed
> > > blood and appease the gods, it will not work when you're done.
> >
> > Absolutely. Although Sridhar and I have discussed the possibility of
> > offering up chicken blood instead....
>
> Chris Smith and I were discussing repair techniques offline, and the
> above were amongst the discussed techniques.
>
> However, I prefer erecting totems next to the troublesome devices...

Do they have to be phallic? Huhhhuhuuuuuhuhuhuhuhuh, you said, "erect."

Peace... Sridhar
Received on Tue Apr 02 2002 - 15:50:41 BST