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• let the smoke out v. To fry hardware (see fried).
  See magic smoke for a discussion of the underlying mythology....
• This is a work-free smoke-place.
• A sheet of paper crossed my desk the other day and as I read it, realization of a basic truth came over me.
  So simple! So obvious we couldn't see it. John Knivlen, Chairman of Polamar Repeater Club, an amateur radio group, had discovered how IC circuits work....
• The soldier came knocking upon the queen's door He said, "I am not fighting for you anymore" The queen knew she had seen his face someplace before And slowly she let him inside.
  He said, "I see you now, and you're so very young But I've seen more battles lost than I have battles won And I have this intuition that it's all for your fun And now will you tell me why?...
• magic smoke n. A substance trapped inside IC packages that enables them to function (also called `blue smoke'
  his is similar to the archaic `phlogiston' hypothesis about combustion)....
• magic smoke: n. A substance trapped inside IC packages that enables them to function (also called `blue smoke'
  his is similar to the archaic `phlogiston' hypothesis about combustion)....
• Too bad you can't just grab a tree by the very tip-top and bend it clear over the ground and then let her fly, because I bet you'd be amazed at all the stuff that comes flying out.
  -- Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handey...
• Let your work brag about you.
• You know, smoke actually smells good when it's coming out of you.
  -- Selma on a date, "A Fish Called Selma...