yoyo mode

( n.)

   The  state  in  which  the  system  is  said  to  be  when it rapidly
   alternates   several   times   between   being  up  and  being  down.
   Interestingly (and perhaps not by coincidence), many hardware vendors
   give out free yoyos at Usenix exhibits.

   Sun  Microsystems  gave  out  logoized yoyos at SIGPLAN '88. Tourists
   staying at one of Atlanta's most respectable hotels were subsequently
   treated  to the sight of 200 of the country's top computer scientists
   testing yo-yo algorithms in the lobby.

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