[common among Mac users] {SCSI} interface hardware is notoriously
fickle of temperament. Often, the SCSI bus will fail to work unless
the cable order of devices is re-arranged, SCSI termination is added
or removed (sometimes double-termination or no termination will fix
the problem), or particular devices are given particular SCSI IDs.
The skills needed to trick the naturally skittish demons of SCSI into
working are collectively known as SCSI voodoo. Compare {magic}, {deep
magic}, {heavy wizardry}, {rain dance}, {cargo cult programming},
{wave a dead chicken}, {voodoo programming}.
While ordinary mortals frequently experience near-terminal
frustration when attempting to configure SCSI device chains, it is
said that a true master of this arcane art can (through rituals
involving chicken blood, ground rhino horn, hairs of a virgin, eye of
newt, etc.) hook up your personal computer with three scanners, a Zip
drive, an IDE hard drive, a home weather station, a Smith-Corona
typewriter, and the neighbor's garage door.
[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {voodoo programming}]