Am 05.08.2016 um 16:50 schrieb Stephen:
> On 8/5/2016 2:28 PM, Doctor John wrote:
>> It's worth reading this:
>>
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/05/pcs_crashing_only_when_my_back_is_turned_its_the_same_old_dune/
>>
>>
>> We've all had the same problem. However if you then read the comments,
>> TRT has the explanation under the title: 'If you look in the hardware
>> block logic diagram of any IT device...'
>>
> 
> For more decades than I care to remember. I have been quoting this
> homage to the Reverend Dodgson.
> 
> Speak severely to your ‘putor,
> and boot it when it glitches.
> It only does it to annoy,
> because it knowns it itches.

"Roughly". It must be "roughly". Go ask Alice, I think she'll know.

That said, percussive maintenance and the liberal application of
"booting" is no new invention in the human-machine relationship.
(Instead of boots, clogs were also famously used.)

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