[ben_w]

(If you will permit the fanfic):

Carter: I've finished comparing Goa'uld control crystals, all that glow is completely unnecessary.

O'Neill: So they added lights inside closed boxes because…?

Teal'c: The Goa'uld have always favoured displays of grandeur over practicality.

O'Neill: Hold on. You're telling me the galaxy's self-proclaimed gods are flying around in gamer motherboards?

Carter: Sir…

Daniel: No, I think Jack's right.

O'Neill: I am?

Daniel: Glowing lights everywhere, gold trim, needlessly dramatic startup sequence. And they definitely treat us as pawns in their games.

Teal'c: Indeed.

[inigyou]

My motherboard has useful lights. They illuminate according to the current stage of startup. I think it's CPU, RAM, VGA, and something else I don't remember. Got a RAM problem preventing boot? It hangs with RAM lit up. This is infinitely more useful than the arbitrary undocumented 2-digit BIOS codes that it also has.

[moffkalast]

On Chulak, when a great warrior writes a fanfic, it is customary to sing a song of lament.

Fortunately we are not on Chulak.