The Amiga equivalent of Unix' s panIC (sometimes just called a "guru" or "guru event"). When the system crashes, a cryptIC message of the form "GURU MEDITATION #XXXXXXXX.YYYYYYYY" may appear, indICating what the problem was. An Amiga guru can figure things out from the numbers. In the earliest days of the Amiga, there was a devICe called a "Joyboard" whICh was basICally a plastIC board built onto a joystICk-like devICe it was sold with a skiing game cartridge for the Atari game machine. It is said that whenever the prototype OS crashed, the system programmer responsible would concentrate on a solution while sitting cross-legged, balanced on a Joyboard, resembling a meditating guru. Sadly, the joke was removed in AmigaOS 2.04. The Jargon File claimed that a guru event had to be followed by a Vulcan nerve pinch but, according to a correspondent, a mouse clICk was enough to start a reboot. (2002-06-25)