sunspots
1. Notional cause of an odd error. "Why did the program suddenly turn the screen
blue?" "Sunspots, I guess."
2. Also the cause of bit rot - from the myth that sunspots will increase cosmic
rays, which can flip single bits in memory. See also phase of the moon.
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sun-stools
Unflattering hackerism for SunTools, a pre-X windowing environment notorious in
its day for size, slowness, and misfeatures. X, however, is larger and slower;
see second-system effect.
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