Well, offering a sacrifice WOULD appease the Machine Spirit… But I’m pretty sure you’re not in the Adeptus Mechanicus and not inclined to join, either.
(Also, who knows, maybe in the not too distant future, we’ll have a sync-by-rubbing technology!)
First glance at the comic, and I seriously thought the cavebug was getting ready to smash a Roomba. Which, considering I saw a WiFi-Enabled Roomba for sale the other day, leads me to believe that I wasn’t that far off the mark.
Back in the days when I worked as a computer expert (in various fields and for various employers) I carried a keyfob in the form of a rubber chicken. It was my great delight to wave the chicken over the offending computer, reboot it, and have it come back to life in front of confused clients.
Especially the ones in the university Religion and Theology department
Well, offering a sacrifice WOULD appease the Machine Spirit… But I’m pretty sure you’re not in the Adeptus Mechanicus and not inclined to join, either.
(Also, who knows, maybe in the not too distant future, we’ll have a sync-by-rubbing technology!)
And the faster you rub the sooner you finish.
Be careful of friction burns from rubbing too fast.
You must sacrifice the Chinese child that made your iPhone to the spirit of Steve Jobs!
Did you remember the ritual dance you have to do? The ipod shuffle?
Not sure about the electronic Machine Spirit, but the mechanical Machine Spirit is only appeased by a sacrifice of blood and knuckle skin.
First glance at the comic, and I seriously thought the cavebug was getting ready to smash a Roomba. Which, considering I saw a WiFi-Enabled Roomba for sale the other day, leads me to believe that I wasn’t that far off the mark.
In the early days of SCSI drives a lot of “HOWTO” documents did refer to a sacrificial goat…
Also required are the incantations, consisting of a large variety of four letter words.
With extreme feeling.
(In reply to Marquar above)
A plate of fish-sticks won’t do you any good without the custard.
Back in the days when I worked as a computer expert (in various fields and for various employers) I carried a keyfob in the form of a rubber chicken. It was my great delight to wave the chicken over the offending computer, reboot it, and have it come back to life in front of confused clients.
Especially the ones in the university Religion and Theology department