Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!mtxinu!unisoft!greywolf From: greywolf@unisoft.UUCP (The Grey Wolf) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Lights on Burroughs machines Message-ID: <2765@unisoft.UUCP> Date: 20 Jan 90 03:52:52 GMT References: <1990Jan15.173434.5792@virtech.uucp> <6454@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1065@sys.uea.ac.uk> Reply-To: greywolf@unisoft.UUCP (The Grey Wolf) Lines: 21 In article <1065@sys.uea.ac.uk> cmp8118@sys.uea.ac.uk (D.S. Cartwright) writes: >gis@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Brian L. Stuart) writes about flashing lights; > >I and my friends have developed many mini-theories about these items: > >1. The speed of any machine is inversely proportional to the number of > flashing lights. > . > . > . > >10. Flashing lights are a pain in the bum. > > Dave C, UEA, Norwich, ENGLAND. 11. A malfunctioning item is a sure bet that there's a flashing light somewhere. -- "You guys are NUTS! En-Vee-Tee-Ess, NUTS!" -- History of the World, part I.