Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!hubcap!gatech!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!jns+ From: jns+@andrew.cmu.edu (Judith N. Sherwood) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: one blind mouse Message-ID: Date: 9 Nov 88 14:17:16 GMT References: <870259@hpcilzb.HP.COM> <30247@think.UUCP>, <245@lloyd.camex.uucp> Organization: Carnegie Mellon Lines: 16 In-Reply-To: <245@lloyd.camex.uucp> > Not having anything better to do, and being a True Engineer, > I decided to take apart my computer. Dug around for enough > tools to kludge a long torx screwdriver and went at it. . . . . > Once it was together, still not having anything better to do, I > turned it on again to restart the cycle... IT WORKED!!! In my family, we call this the Parry Effect: Take it apart, look at it, perhaps dust it or oil it, put it back together again. Often the thing then works. There is also the Milosevich Theorem which states that SMOKE is necessary for the correct function of household appliances, computers, etc. How can you tell that smoke is necessary? Well, if the smoke escapes, you can bet that the item will quit working!