On Wed, 10 Feb 2010, Bowie Bailey wrote:
jd wrote:
A lot of older people still believe that giving the PC the wrong
command will cause it to explode in a shower of sparks, thanks to
Hollywood. It seems that Hollywood is still doing that.
Electronics generating sparks when overloaded? Yes.
Generating smoke? Yes.
Flames? Yes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halt_and_Catch_Fire
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