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Old 23-06-2010, 09:43   #945
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Re: All Chipped Cable Boxes Going Down

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Originally Posted by zing View Post
It is however common practice to call modified boxes "chipped" although they are not
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Indeed ... as it is also common practice to call the process of solving computing problems 'debugging' ... even though it has been many years since computers had the sort of enormous valves that used to get clogged up with insects to the point where they would overheat and go pop, requiring both a new valve and a sweep with a brush to remove the bugs from the works.

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