https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_smoke
On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 3:42 PM, deadalnix via Digitalmars-d < [email protected]> wrote: > On Tuesday, 12 July 2016 at 12:17:00 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: > >> I seriously doubt a fan would stop an electrical fire (in fact, probably >> makes it worse). It's not overheating, it's arcing. >> >> > Actually, it would probably make it worse by providing fresh O2 to the > fire. > > BTW, this reminds me of a old goodie: >> >> http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/96/Jun/nosmoke.html >> >> A old colleague of mine always said when you see smoke, there's no way to >> fix it, because it's really hard to get the smoke back in there. >> >> -Steve >> > > We had a similar saying when I was involved int he electronic world: Chips > must be powered by smoke. We know this because once it is gone, the chip > doesn't work anymore. > >
