Its a different principle, but I used to drive my coworkers to insanity by “faith healing” computers in our office. I’m not religious, but I’d channel one of the old timey faith healers I’d flip by on tv at breakfast, rub my hands together and say “I command the demons that possess this machine to depart! HEAL!” and slap my hands on the machine. I’d then say “Try it now.” And 75% of the time, it would inexplicably work. I would then get a “How the HELL did you do that? I’ve been fighting with it for half an hour!” It definitely bolstered my alpha geek status in the office. I have no idea how I did it either. It never worked on my own computer, sadly.
Quoting #TheRant from Darths & Droids Episode 984 ( http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0984.html ):
“Percussive maintenance should always have a chance of success. Giving something a good whack can align misaligned components if you’re lucky enough.
Even when those components are electrons. Just go with it.”
Oh for the ability to DDT my old hobby computer’s wierd boot-while-on-HDMI issue away.
Ah, the day the machines can feel pain will be the day of sweet, sweet revenge.
Remember Angry German Kid from YouTube?
Its a different principle, but I used to drive my coworkers to insanity by “faith healing” computers in our office. I’m not religious, but I’d channel one of the old timey faith healers I’d flip by on tv at breakfast, rub my hands together and say “I command the demons that possess this machine to depart! HEAL!” and slap my hands on the machine. I’d then say “Try it now.” And 75% of the time, it would inexplicably work. I would then get a “How the HELL did you do that? I’ve been fighting with it for half an hour!” It definitely bolstered my alpha geek status in the office. I have no idea how I did it either. It never worked on my own computer, sadly.