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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
>     Knight turned the machine off and on.
>     The machine worked.
> Commentary:
>
> Rule 1 of power-cycling hardware: watch out for residuals. 

I think the joke here is that (Tom) Knight was a hardware wizard.  So
when he power cycled the machine, he knew what was happening inside it,
unlike the student.