[vcf-midatlantic] computer superstitions
William Sudbrink
wh.sudbrink at gmail.com
Tue Oct 22 19:05:40 EDT 2019
You need three sync's for it to work...
sync
sync
sync
shutdown -h now
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From: vcf-midatlantic [mailto:vcf-midatlantic-bounces at 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 at 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 at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
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