On Mon, 2007-12-17 at 21:19 -0800, Scott Silva wrote:
on 12/17/2007 7:09 AM Aron.Darling@Emulex.Com spake the following:
What is a VCR?
It is a tivo with a tape drive ;-P
Virtual Confusion Reactor!
Usually within a containment vessel constructed of locally available raw materials, this reactor will be located somewhere near the center of the vessel. As native fauna approach it, they begin to experience uncertainty, apprehension and a strong fight-or-flight response.
These responses are heightened as they observe that there are more than 3 operational control buttons on it, and even worse, that the universal controller often associated with it has a *zillion* control functions.
These phenomena are most pronounced in fauna over 40 years of age, especially if the "User's Manual" has been perused.
The purpose of the containment vessel is to reduce the chances of being carted off to an institution for rehabilitation by preventing the neighbors from seeing the cursing, screaming hurling of miscellaneous objects, falling on the floor and wailing and withdrawal into a semi- catatonic state that often results in the "user".
The only known reliable preventative measure is for the fauna to procreate and wait until the offspring attain an age of 3 or so. At that time, all functional responsibility for the operation of the VCR is assigned to said offspring and the "adult" fauna are rendered irrelevant.