Lisp machine wisdom

[Brad Parker]

Jules Richardson wrote:
>Makes perfect sense :)
>
>
>A novice was trying to fix a broken Lisp machine by turning the power
>off and on.  Knight, seeing what the student was doing spoke sternly:
>"You can not fix a machine by just power-cycling it with no
>understanding of what is going wrong."  Knight turned the machine off
>and on.  The machine worked.

:-)

if you're ever near CSAIL at MIT go visit Tom Knight.  It will be clear
in a few minutes why this was written.  He's a great guy and most
certainly has "the touch".

ah, zen...

-brad