Now bumbling nuclear plant worker Homer Simpson, Blinky, the radiation-mutated, three-eyed fish, and evil nuclear power plant owner Montgomery Burns make us giggle and wince.

笨拙的核电厂工人荷马·辛普森、布灵奇、经过核辐射后变异的三只眼的鱼、邪恶的核电厂老板蒙哥马利·伯恩斯让我们莞尔一笑而又面部抽搐。

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Outpacing Blinky, Inky, Pinky, and Clyde is what gives you a sense of accomplishment.

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As a result, a lot of really expensive gear sits quietly in the data center eating power with little blinky lights flashing, but nothing really happening.

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For those of us who have actually worked on a mainframe, the scenario above (with all of its implied colorful language) is probably familiar staring at the blinky green cursor and wondering what, if anything, was happening.

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