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• A novice was trying to fix a broken lisp machine by turning the power off and on.
  Knight, seeing what the student was doing spoke sternly- "You can not fix a machine by just power-cycling it with no understanding of what is going wrong....
• A novice was trying to fix a broken Lisp machine by turning the power off and on.
  Knight, seeing what the student was doing spoke sternly...
• power cycle vt. (also, `cycle power' or just `cycle') To power off a machine and then power it on immediately, with the intention of clearing some kind of hung or gronked state.
  Syn. 120 reset; see also Big Red Switch. Compare Vulcan nerve pinch, bounce (sense 4), and Some AI Koans" (in Appendix A) about Tom Knight and the novice....
• power cycle: vt. (also, `cycle power' or just `cycle') To power off a machine and then power it on immediately, with the intention of clearing some kind of {hung} or {gronk}ed state.
  Syn. {120 reset}; see also {Big Red Switch}. Compare {Vulcan nerve pinch}, {bounce} (sense 4), and {boot}, and see the AI Koan in "{A Selection of AI Koans}" (in {Appendix A}) about Tom Knight and the novice....
• Lisp, Lisp, Lisp Machine, Lisp Machine is Fun. Lisp, Lisp, Lisp Machine, Fun for everyone.
• Hello. I'm David's answering machine. What are you? -- Answering machine madness - machine theme
• After a power outage:) Hi, this is Ralph. The good news is that my power is back on.
  The bad news for you is, so is my answering machine....
• Lord, give me strength to turn this machine off.