On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 8:08 PM, jim stephens <jwsm...@jwsss.com> wrote: > > > On 2/3/2017 11:58 AM, Eric Smith wrote: >> >> On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 12:47 PM, Tony Duell <ard.p850...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> There is no magic box that you plug into a computer and it tells >>> you 'U5 is faulty'. At least not in general. >>> >> Hmmm... >> >> I think I'll make a box that you plug into a computer and it tells you 'U5 >> is faulty'. >> >> It won't be magic, though... >> :-) > > One of those round ones with an 8 on top with a clear window on the bottom > to tell you the fault? Those work very well.
I am not sure those are common this side of the Pond. I assume it's some kind of fortune telling device that perhaps contains a polyhedron with a different fortune on each face or something? -tony
