Re: unexpected logout

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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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