Okayy..

[gridlore]

Since mdlbear repaired our computer (and reset the over-driven processor) it's taken the computer a much long time to boot up. Hit the power, hard drive light comes on and it can take a few minutes before it actually starts bleeping at us.

This chilly morning, it was taken longer than normal. I sat here reading The Elements of Style and glancing down to see if the CD and floppy drives had lit up for their self-tests yet. No luck. After a few minutes, I got frustrated, leaned over, gently knocked on the casing saying "Good morning! Time to go to work in there!"

The boot up started immediately

I knew it all along! Technology? Feh! There are magic pixies living in that box!

Comments

[bunyip.livejournal.com]

I've lost track of the number of times over the years I've been doing tech support where the customers problem has been solved by the fact they're asking a tech about the problem.

[janetmiles.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, Heisenbugs -- they only happen when you're not looking at them.

I have yet to convince my co-workers to try an experiment with the copier: take a picture of the tech, and paste it on the inside of the cover, so the machine thinks he's there.

Oh, come on now!

[mdlbear]

Everyone knows electronic equipment runs on magic smoke, not pixies.

You just have to show the machines who's in charge. Sometimes all it takes is a credible threat.