You need three sync's for it to work... sync sync sync shutdown -h now -----Original Message----- From: vcf-midatlantic [mailto:vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vcfed.org] On Behalf Of Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 6:54 PM To: Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic Cc: Mike Loewen Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] computer superstitions On Tue, 22 Oct 2019, Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
On 10/17/2019 7:04 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Interesting!
On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 5:57 AM Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
"Scandinavia and the World" is an online comic with an International flavor. This time literally: https://satwcomic.com/hangry-computer
looking that up leads to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kuai_Kuai_culture Kuai Kuai culture is a phenomenon in Taiwan wherein workers put snacks of the "Kuai Kuai" brand next to or on top of machines. Workers who do this believe that, because the name of the snack - "Kuai Kuai" - stands for "obedient" or "well-behaved," it will make a device so adorned function without errors. As such, it can be commonly found in myriad places of work in Taiwanese society. A rigid set of best practices has arisen surrounding the proper use of Kuai Kuai snacks, such as using green bags only, and ensuring the snacks are not expired.
other programming/computer superstitions:
https://www.red-gate.com/simple-talk/opinion/opinion-pieces/programmer-super stitions/
and kinda related to that: http://catb.org/jargon/html/magic-story.html
-- jeff jonas
Holmdel's Computer Lab kept an image of a mythical beauty on the console their IBM 370 who allegedly presided over the integrity of every opcode and data fetch. http://www.mediafire.com/view/hqjlnc1h1r3imbx/IBM370atHolmdel.jpg/file
My superstition is this: sync;sync;shutdown :-) Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/ -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus