It's getting to the point that I wouldn't be at all surprised to see an exchange like this in the support section of one of the big Mac forum sites:
Posted by mac_n00b
so I opened up my hard drive and smeared the insides with butter to make it run faster but when I put it back in smoke came out of my computer and now it doesn't boot... help please!!!!Posted by EliteMacGuru
Try booting from CD and running “Repair Permissions” on the volume
Given a week and a handful of fake accounts on some big Mac forums, I wonder what other bizarre witch-doctor fixes could be made to take root.
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