blinkenlights
/blink' *n-li:tz/ Front-panel diagnost IC lights on a computer, especially a dinosaur. Derives from the last word of the famous blackletter-Goth IC sign in mangled pseudo-German that once graced about half the computer rooms in the English-speaking world. One version ran in its entirety as follows: ACHTUNG! ALLES LOOKENSPEEPERS! Das computermachine ist n ICht fuer gefingerpoken und mittengrabben. Ist easy schnappen der springenwerk, blowenfusen und poppencorken mit spitzensparken. Ist n ICht fuer gewerken bei das dumpkopfen. Das rubbernecken s IChtseeren keepen das cotten-p ICkenen hans in das pockets muss relaxen und watchen das blinkenl IChten. This silliness dates back at least as far as 1959 at Stanford University and had already gone international by the early 1960s, when it was reported at London University' s ATLAS computing site. There are several variants of it in circulation, some of wh ICh actually do end with the word "blinkenlights". In an amusing example of turnabout-is-fair-play, German hackers have developed their own versions of the blinkenlights poster in fractured English, one of wh ICh is reproduced here: ATTENTION This room is fullfilled mit special electronische equippment. Fingergrabbing and pressing the cnoeppkes from the computers is allowed for die experts only! So all the "lefthanders" stay away and do not disturben the brainstorming von here working intelligencies. Otherwise you will be out thrown and k ICked anderswhere! Also: please keep still and only watchen astaunished the blinkenlights. See also geef. [ Jargon File] In addition suitable contents: [ = ] [ ad ] [ ag ] [ ai ] [ AL ] [ al ] [ am ] [ an ] [ app ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ arg ] [ AS ] [ as ] [ AT ] [ at ] [ ATLAS ] [ au ] [ av ] [ aw ] [ b ] [ ba ] [ bb ] [ be ] [ bi ] [ bo ] [ br ] [ by ] [ C ] [ ch ] [ ci ] [ ck ] [ cn ] [ co ] [ com ] [ computer ] [ computing ] [ cu ] [ D ] [ date ] [ de ] [ die ] [ dinosaur ] [ do ] [ du ] [ dump ] [ E ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ ee ] [ electron ] [ English ] [ ENS ] [ EP ] [ ER ] [ er ] [ era ] [ es ] [ et ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ finger ] [ fo ] [ for ] [ fr ] [ G ] [ ge ] [ geef ] [ gen ] [ German ] [ gh ] [ gl ] [ gn ] [ Go ] [ gr ] [ h ] [ hack ] [ hacker ] [ hat ] [ hn ] [ hr ] [ HT ] [ ht ] [ id ] [ ie ] [ il ] [ in ] [ int ] [ IO ] [ io ] [ ir ] [ is ] [ it ] [ J ] [ Jargon File ] [ K ] [ ke ] [ ken ] [ ki ] [ kICk ] [ la ] [ ld ] [ Lex ] [ li ] [ line ] [ link ] [ LL ] [ LO ] [ LOOK ] [ lr ] [ ls ] [ ly ] [ ma ] [ machine ] [ man ] [ mangle ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ module ] [ mp ] [ ms ] [ mu ] [ N ] [ na ] [ nc ] [ ne ] [ nf ] [ ng ] [ ni ] [ nl ] [ no ] [ ns ] [ NT ] [ O ] [ om ] [ OO ] [ op ] [ pa ] [ PE ] [ pe ] [ PER ] [ pf ] [ ph ] [ pk ] [ pl ] [ pm ] [ poke ] [ pop ] [ port ] [ post ] [ pr ] [ pseudo ] [ query ] [ rc ] [ re ] [ rl ] [ ro ] [ room ] [ row ] [ RS ] [ ru ] [ rw ] [ S ] [ sa ] [ sc ] [ se ] [ sh ] [ si ] [ sig ] [ sit ] [ so ] [ SP ] [ SPE ] [ spec ] [ st ] [ Stanford University ] [ storm ] [ sy ] [ T ] [ tc ] [ th ] [ TLA ] [ to ] [ tr ] [ tron ] [ tt ] [ tz ] [ ua ] [ um ] [ us ] [ va ] [ var ] [ ve ] [ version ] [ word ] [ ws ] [ zen ]
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