Achtung! Alles gefingerpoken ...
Bob Stearns
lettering trying to be Fraktur) which began with some semblance of the
words in the subject, and you have the contents available, I would like the
exact wording. I would like to make a sign like it up for some of our demo
labs to help reduce some of the transient damage. It usually makes the
drifters laugh so much they forget to mess up our machines.
Thanks for any help you can give me. If there is interest, I will summarize
to this group (or any other you think appropriate).
Adrian J Ho
>If you remember a poster (Usually 8.5" x 11", in some type of old english
>lettering trying to be Fraktur) which began with some semblance of the
>words in the subject, and you have the contents available, I would like the
>exact wording.
Well, since it _is_ (by some stretch of the imagination 8-) folklore:
A C H T U N G ! ! !
--Alles Touristen und Non Technischen
Lookens Peepers--
Das maschine control is nicht fur Gefingerpoken und
Mittengrabben. Oderwise is easy schnappen der
Schpriggenwerk, Blownfuse, und Poppencorken mit
Spitzensparken. Der Maschine is Diggen by Experten only.
Is nicht fur Geverken by das Dummkopfen. Das Rubbernecken
und Sightseeren keepen das Cottonpicken Hands in das
Pockets. So Relaxen und Watsch das Blinkenlite.
John Kuszewski
> lettering trying to be Fraktur) which began with some semblance of the
> words in the subject, and you have the contents available, I would like the
> exact wording. I would like to make a sign like it up for some of our demo
> labs to help reduce some of the transient damage. It usually makes the
> drifters laugh so much they forget to mess up our machines.
I've seen it as
ACHTUNG!
Alles Lookenspeepers
Das Computenmaschine ist nicht fuer gefingerpoken und mittengrabben. Is easy
schnappen der springewerk, blowenfusen, und poppencorcken mit spitzensparken.
Ist night fuer gewerken by das dummkopfen. Das rubbernecken sightseeren keepen
hands in das pockets--relaxen und watch das blinkenlights.
My copy (at least five years old) was marked "Southern heat exchanger corp.",
whatever that is.
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kusz...@euler.biology.yale.edu
Philip Gladstone
Bob> If you remember a poster (Usually 8.5" x 11", in some type of old english
Bob> lettering trying to be Fraktur) which began with some semblance of the
Bob> words in the subject, and you have the contents available, I would like the
Bob> exact wording. I would like to make a sign like it up for some of our demo
Bob> labs to help reduce some of the transient damage. It usually makes the
Bob> drifters laugh so much they forget to mess up our machines.
I have a slightly different sign on a metal plate attached to the main
fuse box:
ACHTUNG!
FUSEN BOX
Ist Verboten
Gefingerpoken
Mittengraben
Vil Blowenfuse
und Shnappen
der Vires Mit
outgepouf und
Spitzensparke
Philip
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Fred Heutte
I recall seeing ads for a little plaque with a variant of this in
Popular Electronics c. 1970.
David Gurr
>I've seen it as
>ACHTUNG!
>Alles Lookenspeepers
>Das Computenmaschine ist nicht fuer gefingerpoken und mittengrabben. Is easy
>schnappen der springewerk, blowenfusen, und poppencorcken mit spitzensparken.
>Ist night fuer gewerken by das dummkopfen. Das rubbernecken sightseeren keepen
>hands in das pockets--relaxen und watch das blinkenlights.
>My copy (at least five years old) was marked "Southern heat exchanger corp.",
>whatever that is.
I first saw this circa 1975 over a DEC PDP8 "Classic".
I though it was pretty naff even then :-)
>---
>John Kuszewski
>kusz...@euler.biology.yale.edu
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Nolan Hinshaw
In the same vein, I had a friend who installed the following
sign on the acrylic barrier around his model railroad:
DANGER! 10,000,000 ohms!
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Steve VanDevender
desk a couple of weeks ago. I've been working on a
German-language version of a popular flight-simulation game
called "Red Baron" for the past several weeks and someone must
have thought it would be amusing to me, although since I had
already seen signs like it there was no novelty in it. I've also
been dealing with too many fine points of German grammar for it
to look right any more; "Maschine" is a feminine noun but the
sign uses "der" or "das" with it, for example. Perhaps I should
get our German translator to go over it :-).
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Symptoms include lack of traffic sense, slow rate of travel, and the
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Nolan Hinshaw
[about a plaque he received, and phony German grammar]
>to look right any more; "Maschine" is a feminine noun but the
>sign uses "der" or "das" with it, for example. Perhaps I should
>get our German translator to go over it :-).
A gross example of gender malassignment in these U. S. is
"Der Wienerschnitzel"
Advertising folks respect nothing! (perhaps it's just another
manifestation of our culture-wide xenophobia?)
Robert Murphy
>A gross example of gender malassignment in these U. S. is
>
> "Der Wienerschnitzel"
>
>Advertising folks respect nothing! (perhaps it's just another
>manifestation of our culture-wide xenophobia?)
For those not in the know, "Der Wienerschnitzel" is a chain of hot dog
stands. Thank goodness the one in Mill Valley, California, closed down
a few months ago. There are sometimes positive side effects to a
recession.
Bob Murphy
bob...@autodesk.com
ush...@gmail.com
ALLES TOURISTEN UND NON-TECHNISCHECHEN LOOKENS PEEPERS.
Das machine control is nicht fur gefingerpoken und mittengrabben, oderwise is easy schnappen der spriggenwork, blownfuse und poppencorken mit spitzenshparken.
DAS MACHINE IST FUR geverken by DER EXPERTEN ONLY, IS NICHT FUR geverken by DAS DUMKOPFEN.
Der sightseenin touristen KEEPIN DER cottenpicken HANDS IN DER POCKETS.
SO RELAXen UND WATCHEN DER BLINKENLIGHTS.
Kerr Mudd-John
> On Saturday, June 8, 1991 at 9:54:42 AM UTC+3, Bob Stearns wrote:
>> If you remember a poster
> ACHTUNG
>
> ALLES TOURISTEN UND NON-TECHNISCHECHEN LOOKENS PEEPERS.
>
> Das machine control is nicht fur gefingerpoken und mittengrabben,
> oderwise is easy schnappen der spriggenwork, blownfuse und poppencorken
> mit spitzenshparken.
>
> DAS MACHINE IST FUR geverken by DER EXPERTEN ONLY, IS NICHT FUR geverken
> by DAS DUMKOPFEN.
>
> Der sightseenin touristen KEEPIN DER cottenpicken HANDS IN DER POCKETS.
>
> SO RELAXen UND WATCHEN DER BLINKENLIGHTS.
Bah, and indeed, Humbug
Quadibloc
> I first saw this circa 1975 over a DEC PDP8 "Classic".
possibly one used for computer-generated music. I'll see if I can search it up.
John Savard
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Im Auftrag,
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bert
> >ACHTUNG!
> >Alles Lookenspeepers
on the new KDF9 at Newcastle University, UK.
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Charles Richmond
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>> In article <1991Jun7.2...@athena.cs.uga.edu> i...@athena.cs.uga.edu
>> (Bob Stearns) writes:
>> >If you remember a poster (Usually 8.5" x 11", in some type of old
>> >english
>> >lettering trying to be Fraktur) which began with some semblance of the
>> >words in the subject, and you have the contents available, I would like
>> >the
>> >exact wording.
>>
>> Well, since it _is_ (by some stretch of the imagination 8-) folklore:
>>
>> A C H T U N G ! ! !
>>
>> --Alles Touristen und Non Technischen
>> Lookens Peepers--
>>
>> Das maschine control is nicht fur Gefingerpoken und
>> Mittengrabben. Oderwise is easy schnappen der
>> Schpriggenwerk, Blownfuse, und Poppencorken mit
>> Spitzensparken. Der Maschine is Diggen by Experten only.
>> Is nicht fur Geverken by das Dummkopfen. Das Rubbernecken
>> und Sightseeren keepen das Cottonpicken Hands in das
>> Pockets. So Relaxen und Watsch das Blinkenlite.
>
> Please! You are going to offend my German-speaking AI Mind:
>
> http://www.nlg-wiki.org/systems/Wotan
>
the blinkenlights poster, in fractured English:[1]
ATTENTION
This room is fullfilled mit special electronische equippment.
Fingergrabbing and pressing the cnoeppkes from the computers is allowed
for die experts only!
So all the "lefthanders" stay away and do not disturben the
brainstorming von here working intelligencies.
Otherwise you will be out thrown and kicked anderswhere!
Also: please keep still and only watchen astaunished the blinkenlights.
--
numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
Michael LeVine
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Michael LeVine <mlevine...@redshift.com> wrote:
> Then there is this one I first saw posted on a copy machine
>
> Warning
>
> This machine is subject to breakdowns
> during periods of critical need.
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