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. :-) -- Kids, kids, kids. As far as Daddy's concerned, you're both potential murderers. -- Homer Simpson Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part 2) Guess Who! http://tinyurl.com/mc4xe7
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