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#1 2005-07-02 20:36:15

Jai Ganesh
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The computer era

Before the computer age,

An APPLICATION was for employment.

A PROGRAMME was a television show.

WINDOWS were something you hated to clean.

A KEYBOARD was a piano.

MEMORY was something you lost with age.

A CD was a bank account.

COMPRESS was something you did to garbage.

LOG ON was adding wood to a fire.

A HARD DRIVE was a long trip on the road.

A MOUSE PAD was where a mouse lived.

CUT you did with scissors.

PASTE you did with glue.

A WEB was a spider's home.

And a VIRUS was a flu!


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#2 2005-07-02 21:45:05

MathsIsFun
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Re: The computer era

LOL !!

HOME was were the heart was

ZOOM was to go really fast

DRAG and DROP was how you moved an unconscious person


"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..."  - Leon M. Lederman

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#3 2005-07-02 21:46:32

justlookingforthemoment
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Re: The computer era

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#4 2005-07-03 00:32:46

Roraborealis
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Re: The computer era

LOL, that is very cool!


School is practice for the future. Practice makes perfect. But - nobody's perfect, so why practice?

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#5 2005-07-04 04:27:55

Mr T
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Re: The computer era

Like you!!!


I come back stronger than a powered-up Pac-Man big_smile
I bought a large popcorn @ the cinema the other day, it was pretty big...some might even say it was "large
cool Fatboy Slim is a Legend cool

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#6 2005-07-04 04:32:16

Roraborealis
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Re: The computer era

big_smile big_smile big_smile big_smile big_smile big_smile big_smile


School is practice for the future. Practice makes perfect. But - nobody's perfect, so why practice?

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#7 2005-07-05 05:34:31

stewie
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Re: The computer era

Thats it, im leaving here 4 good.  Its been nice knowing y'all but its time for this tumbleweed to tumble on home. Bubye


HAPPY HAPPY, JOY JOY  big_smile
cool Fatboy Slim is the band of the 90s, thats if you want to call it a band because its really a one man name cool

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#8 2005-07-05 05:37:49

Roraborealis
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Re: The computer era

If ye speak truths, fare thee well.


School is practice for the future. Practice makes perfect. But - nobody's perfect, so why practice?

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#9 2005-07-05 05:39:22

stewie
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Re: The computer era

cool


HAPPY HAPPY, JOY JOY  big_smile
cool Fatboy Slim is the band of the 90s, thats if you want to call it a band because its really a one man name cool

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#10 2005-07-05 05:41:37

Mr T
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Re: The computer era

ur still online. if ur gonna leave then u need a big exit.


I come back stronger than a powered-up Pac-Man big_smile
I bought a large popcorn @ the cinema the other day, it was pretty big...some might even say it was "large
cool Fatboy Slim is a Legend cool

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#11 2005-07-05 10:27:06

MathsIsFun
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Re: The computer era

Super T?


"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..."  - Leon M. Lederman

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#12 2009-05-13 12:12:25

scapeplan
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Re: The computer era

and click is...uh....i forget >.> i t was something

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#13 2009-05-14 06:41:44

scapeplan
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Re: The computer era

and a mouse was an animal tongue duh

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#14 2009-05-14 06:43:12

scapeplan
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Re: The computer era

and shift was to change (sorry for triple post)

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#15 2009-05-14 08:27:42

quittyqat
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Re: The computer era

Click is a children's magazine here in the US.


I'll be here at least once every decade.

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#16 2009-05-14 20:50:13

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Re: The computer era

RAM                                 was something you did to the other guys boat
BOOT                               was a shoe or a kick
MEGABYTES                   was what happened when you fell into a lake full of piranhas
(thanks for the spelling quittyqat)

STACK                               was something that emitted smoke
NAMESPACE                     was that area at the bottom of your IRS form
GARBAGE COLLECTION  was something that happened on Tuesday and Thursday
TOWER                              was a place you kept people who disagreed with you

Last edited by bobbym (2009-05-15 13:11:52)


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#17 2009-05-15 07:49:50

quittyqat
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Re: The computer era

It's piranhas, not pirhanas.

Site was where you build.

Yahoo! was an exclamation.


I'll be here at least once every decade.

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#18 2009-05-15 12:52:15

scapeplan
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Re: The computer era

google was a number ( and google's hq is called google-plex which is also a number)

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#19 2009-05-15 16:51:54

JaneFairfax
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Re: The computer era

E-MAIL was something a Yorkshireman would say when the postman came.

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#20 2009-05-15 18:27:42

bobbym
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Re: The computer era

MENU                was something that made you gain weight
BUS                    was something Ralph Kramden drove.
MONITOR          was a big lizard
CRACKER          was something you spread cheese on
HACKER             was someone chasing you with a machete
BROWSER         was someone who was just looking
BUG                    was something you squished
CLOCK SPEED  was the same for everyone
MOZILLA             something that fought Godzilla?

Last edited by bobbym (2009-05-15 18:30:48)


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#21 2009-05-16 04:27:04

quittyqat
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Re: The computer era

Recycling Bin was where you put old paper.
A link was part of a chain.
Trojan Horse was what was used to invade Troy.

Last edited by quittyqat (2009-05-16 04:28:07)


I'll be here at least once every decade.

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