"The isolated grounds was what I thought it was while reading the story.
I bet when this was installed, there was a problem with the sound buzzing. Isolating the grounds would make it go away, like magic. But reconnecting the grounds while the computer was on would create a sudden ground change that might crash the computer, more magic."
Being the curious type, I don't think I would have let such an interesting switch sit idly by for a year like this guy did. Why didn't he investigate it further after first making the discovery?
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 22.3 ms ] threadedit: GLS = Gerry Sussman, creator of Scheme, co-author of SICP, and MIT professor.
This GLS is Guy L. Steele (also a creator of Scheme). Gery Sussman is Gerald J. Sussman.
You may keep the geek card.
I am Aston's total lack of geektitude.
- so your geek card is lifetime membership eh ?? ;)
"The isolated grounds was what I thought it was while reading the story.
I bet when this was installed, there was a problem with the sound buzzing. Isolating the grounds would make it go away, like magic. But reconnecting the grounds while the computer was on would create a sudden ground change that might crash the computer, more magic."
Such a great story though.
http://www.vim.org/htmldoc/pattern.html#/magic