What is Percussive Maintenance?
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The fine art of bludgeoning an electronic device in order to encourage it to work properly. Vigorous usage of this technique often renders said device permanently nonfunctional.
My goddamned monitor was flickering until I used some percussive maintenance; now it's totally dead and Help Desk is bringing me a new one.
2.
The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again.
The server's down...nothing a little percussive maintenance can't fix...
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3.
the art of beating the living crap out of something untill you can get it to work.
If at first it doesent work try percussive maintenance if it breaks it needed replaceing anyway
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from the word Percussion-to strike sharply
and Maintenance -to fix
Usually a quick sharp slap to the back of another's head.
usually delivered to stop said person in their tracks so as not to continue their stupid chatter or activity.
Also usefull if one can see stupidity approaching..one can administer some "Percussive Maintenance to stop it before it stops.
Joe strikes out with a lady at the bar.
Next day Fred starts to tell friends about it.
Joe delivers some 'Percussive Mantenance' to the back of Fred's head.
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Little Johnny is throwing a temper tantrum...'Percussive Maintenance' is good here too