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Computers Run Because They Have Smoke Built Into Them.
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Computers run because they have smoke built into them. When the
smoke gets out, the computer stops working.
Related:
'Crack' gets it name because it crackles when you smoke it.
A sheet of paper crossed my desk the other day and as I read it, realization of a basic truth came over me.
So simple! So obvious we couldn't see it. John Knivlen, Chairman of Polamar Repeater Club, an amateur radio group, had discovered how IC circuits work....
magic smoke n. A substance trapped inside IC packages that enables them to function (also called `blue smoke'
his is similar to the archaic `phlogiston' hypothesis about combustion)....
magic smoke: n. A substance trapped inside IC packages that enables them to function (also called `blue smoke'
his is similar to the archaic `phlogiston' hypothesis about combustion)....
Computer... Smoke... Uhh Ohh
fat electrons n. Old-time hacker David Cargill's theory on the causation of computer glitches.
Your typical electric utility draws its line current out of the big generators with a pair of coil taps located near the top of the dynamo....
fat electrons: n. Old-time hacker David Cargill's theory on the causation of computer glitches.
Your typical electric utility draws its line current out of the big generators with a pair of coil taps located near the top of the dynamo....
Scientists have just discovered that the active ingredient in ICs is smoke - when it leaks out, they stop.
HOLY_SMOKE: Because fundies are funny!