Clarke's Third Law: Difference between revisions

* Played as a joke with anyone who works with electronics. A lot of times, when electronics are overloaded to the point of catastrophic failure, they burn and release smoke. This smoke is referred to as "magic smoke". And the reason why electronics stop working is "once the magic smoke leaves, it doesn't come back."

** This is rather reminiscent to the concept of phlogiston, a hypothetical matter used to explain burning prior to the discovery of oxygen.

 

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