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Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 138

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 138. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Collapse in value, a collision with a bug.

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crash

Collapse in value (e.g. a stock crash), a collision (a crash) with a bug (causing a crash).

2: A phase change to solid locks everything, so reach for the Power button.

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freeze

A phase change to solid (freeze) locks everything (what a freeze does to your Mac), so reach for the Power button (the best way out, with a forced shutdown).

3: The nucleus and a feeling of alarm force a sudden restart.

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kernel panic

The nucleus (kernel) and a feeling of alarm (panic) force a sudden restart (what a kernel panic does).

The common factor

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They’re all types of software fault, of course.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.