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fat electrons
(foldoc) | fat electrons
Old-time hacker David Cargill's theory
on the cause of computer glitches. Your typical electricity
company draws its line current out of the big generators with
a pair of coil taps located near the top of the dynamo. When
the normal tap brushes get dirty, they take them off line to
clean them up, and use special auxiliary taps on the *bottom*
of the coil. Now, this is a problem, because when they do
that they get not ordinary or "thin" electrons, but the fat
sloppy electrons that are heavier and so settle to the bottom
of the generator. These flow down ordinary wires just fine,
but when they have to turn a sharp corner (as in an
integrated-circuit via), they're apt to get stuck. This is
what causes computer glitches.
[Obviously, fat electrons must gain mass by bogon absorption
- ESR]
Compare bogon, magic smoke.
[Jargon File]
(1996-12-08)
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fat electrons
(jargon) | fat electrons
n.
Old-time hacker David Cargill's theory on the causation of computer
glitches. Your typical electric utility draws its line current out of the
big generators with a pair of coil taps located near the top of the dynamo.
When the normal tap brushes get dirty, they take them off line to clean
them up, and use special auxiliary taps on the bottom of the coil. Now,
this is a problem, because when they do that they get not ordinary or
‘thin’ electrons, but the fat'n'sloppy electrons that are heavier and so
settle to the bottom of the generator. These flow down ordinary wires just
fine, but when they have to turn a sharp corner (as in an
integrated-circuit via), they're apt to get stuck. This is what causes
computer glitches. [Fascinating. Obviously, fat electrons must gain mass by
bogon absorption —ESR] Compare bogon, magic smoke.
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