I've seen a lot of sig llines on emails, most hawking one political or
religious view or another. This is the funnies I think i've seen in a while!
Perhaps the rest of us should take a lesson..
Thanks,
David Wegener
Wegener Media
www.wegenermedia.com
In a message dated 4/11/02 11:36:06 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>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. When the normal tap brushes get dirty, they take them off line to
>clean them up, and use special auxiliary taps on the bottom of the coil.
>Now, this is a problem, because when they do that they get not ordinary or
>`thin' electrons, but the fat'n'sloppy electrons that are heavier and so
>settle to the bottom of the generator. These flow down ordinary wires just
>fine, but when they have to turn a sharp corner (as in an integrated-circuit
>via), they're apt to get stuck. This is what causes computer glitches.
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