Memory was something you lost with age
An application was for employment
A program was a TV show
A cursor used profanity
A keyboard was a piano
A web was a spider's home
A virus was the flu
A CD was a bank account
A hard drive was a long trip on the road
A mouse pad was where a mouse lived
And if you had a 3 inch floppy, you were in a sorry state...
Before There Were Computers...
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wintergreen48
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BackInTex
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Re: Before There Were Computers...
Well, at least something didn't change.wintergreen48 wrote: And if you had a 3 inch floppy, you were in a sorry state...
And no, I'm not refering to what I have, just the fact that "if" you have one, of old or of new, you are in a sorry state.
..what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? let them take arms.
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
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themanintheseersuckersuit
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Re: Before There Were Computers...
BackInTex wrote:Well, at least something didn't change.wintergreen48 wrote: And if you had a 3 inch floppy, you were in a sorry state...
And no, I'm not refering to what I have, just the fact that "if" you have one, of old or of new, you are in a sorry state.
Spoiler
If you have replaced your Floppy with a Thumb Drive are you better or worse off ?
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.