unexpected logout
Ed Greshko
Ed.Greshko at greshko.com
Wed Nov 11 04:21:37 UTC 2009
Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday 10 November 2009, Rick Stevens wrote:
>
>> William Case wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Craig;
>>>
>>> On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 17:02 -0700, Craig White wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 2009-11-11 at 06:55 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In addition, I had a power supply go wonky that ended up being the
>>>>> culprit.
>>>>>
>>>> ----
>>>> Is that a technical term (wonky)?
>>>>
>>> Wonky is an open ended technical term. It describes a piece of hardware
>>> or software that does not act the way it used to, was expected to or
>>> hoped for. Its use implies that the user has not yet looked into why
>>> this may be happening, usually in the hope that someone else has already
>>> done the research and found a solution. Wonkyness is usually announced
>>> by the phrase "Oh sh*t!".
>>>
>> Here at our labs, the correct sequence of phrases that determine if an
>> item has acquired "wonkiness" are:
>>
>> "Huh?"
>> "What the hell?"
>> "Goddamit!"
>> "She-e-e-t! Piece of junk!"
>>
>> Occasionally, the phrase, "It's never done THAT before!" is injected
>> somewhere before the last phrase. One often sees steam coming from the
>> ears of the personnel who have been victimized by wonkiness. It is
>> highly recommended to stay out of their offices for at least 30 minutes
>> to permit a cool down. One may accelerate the cool down by
>> surreptitiously sneaking a beer into the victim's line of sight.
>>
>
> And you have, from previous encounters, a memory for the victims favorite
> brand of suds. Otherwise its considered poor form, but you knew that. OTOH,
> there are times when its being wet is enough. :)
>
>
Free beer is *never* a bad thing. One of the few times I can use an
absolute without dispute. Oh, Absolute...that goes well with tonic
water. :-)
--
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