Why is it called plug and play??
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I always wonder why they called it "plug and play". If you really want to be accurate it should be "plug, install drivers, then unplug and plug again, then reboot, then open device manager and fiddle around, then reboot again, reinstall drivers and finally play"
That's actually the long name. But for marketing purposes it was a little too long, so they decided to abbreviate it, stripping a word here and there. These marketing guys... :)
Luis Alonso Ramos Intelectix Chihuahua, Mexico
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I always wonder why they called it "plug and play". If you really want to be accurate it should be "plug, install drivers, then unplug and plug again, then reboot, then open device manager and fiddle around, then reboot again, reinstall drivers and finally play"
Because of its sexual connotations. Nothing succeeds better marketing wise than something with sexual connotations. Or, if you don't like that rationale, because it appeals to our sense of immediate gratification and our modern requirement for things to happen instantly. And finally, that nothing can be actually called "work" anymore. Because of course, nothing of value is done for the sake of the value of it anymore. It all has to be "fun" or "play". Marc
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I always wonder why they called it "plug and play". If you really want to be accurate it should be "plug, install drivers, then unplug and plug again, then reboot, then open device manager and fiddle around, then reboot again, reinstall drivers and finally play"
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I always wonder why they called it "plug and play". If you really want to be accurate it should be "plug, install drivers, then unplug and plug again, then reboot, then open device manager and fiddle around, then reboot again, reinstall drivers and finally play"
It's other name was Push and Pray.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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I always wonder why they called it "plug and play". If you really want to be accurate it should be "plug, install drivers, then unplug and plug again, then reboot, then open device manager and fiddle around, then reboot again, reinstall drivers and finally play"
They misspelled pray.
Todd Smith
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I always wonder why they called it "plug and play". If you really want to be accurate it should be "plug, install drivers, then unplug and plug again, then reboot, then open device manager and fiddle around, then reboot again, reinstall drivers and finally play"
it's a variation of the RS232 serial ports, male and female, you were always bending a male pin and couldn't play. usb no bent pins, all play! ;P
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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it's a variation of the RS232 serial ports, male and female, you were always bending a male pin and couldn't play. usb no bent pins, all play! ;P
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
ENOUGH WITH THE SEXUAL JOKES MY GOD!
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Plug and piss about for an hour
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norm .net wrote:
Plug and piss about for an hour
What the hell is that? Do you call that humor? I find it appalling.
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Because of its sexual connotations. Nothing succeeds better marketing wise than something with sexual connotations. Or, if you don't like that rationale, because it appeals to our sense of immediate gratification and our modern requirement for things to happen instantly. And finally, that nothing can be actually called "work" anymore. Because of course, nothing of value is done for the sake of the value of it anymore. It all has to be "fun" or "play". Marc
Marc Clifton wrote:
Because of its sexual connotations. Nothing succeeds better marketing wise than something with sexual connotations.
No it is not you pervert. Its not funny.
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They misspelled pray.
Todd Smith
Todd Smith wrote:
They misspelled pray.
The guy above you has already said something similar. Where is your uniqueness? Pathetic post man.
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ENOUGH WITH THE SEXUAL JOKES MY GOD!
CataclysmicQuantums wrote:
ENOUGH WITH THE SEXUAL JOKES MY GOD!
What? Your god is giving you sexual jokes? It makes a change to having Moses talking to a burning bush I suppose; damn - all we got were commandments and not innuendo.
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ENOUGH WITH THE SEXUAL JOKES MY GOD!
CataclysmicQuantums wrote:
ENOUGH WITH THE SEXUAL JOKES MY GOD!
If I had a dime for every sexual innuendo involved in the computer industry, I would be rich. Honestly, it is there, everywhere you look. Mostly because computer geeks notoriously got very "little" action, so they settled for embedding sexual innuendo. Do you really want an honest and complete assessment for what USB plug-n-play really is? and what it means?
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Marc Clifton wrote:
Because of its sexual connotations. Nothing succeeds better marketing wise than something with sexual connotations.
No it is not you pervert. Its not funny.
It is now... ;P
every night, i kneel at the foot of my bed and thank the Great Overseeing Politicians for protecting my freedoms by reducing their number, as if they were deer in a state park. -- Chris Losinger, Online Poker Players?
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I always wonder why they called it "plug and play". If you really want to be accurate it should be "plug, install drivers, then unplug and plug again, then reboot, then open device manager and fiddle around, then reboot again, reinstall drivers and finally play"
Because we like 3 letter-wide stuff, regardless of senses. Plug and Play gives you "PnP", which is cool. where else, according to your version, "plug, install drivers, then unplug and plug again, then reboot, then open device manager and fiddle around, then reboot again, reinstall drivers and finally play" gives you "Pittttr", which is not only non-cool, but also hard to pronounce.
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CataclysmicQuantums wrote:
ENOUGH WITH THE SEXUAL JOKES MY GOD!
If I had a dime for every sexual innuendo involved in the computer industry, I would be rich. Honestly, it is there, everywhere you look. Mostly because computer geeks notoriously got very "little" action, so they settled for embedding sexual innuendo. Do you really want an honest and complete assessment for what USB plug-n-play really is? and what it means?
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Hence why we have floppy and hard disks, motherboards, male and female adapters. It's not just the computer industry - it's wherever you have a bunch of undersexed overhormoned males. It always reminds me of the refute to the men can't multitask argument - "I can multitask, I can fantasise about a beautiful woman and not drool - both at the same time."
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Because we like 3 letter-wide stuff, regardless of senses. Plug and Play gives you "PnP", which is cool. where else, according to your version, "plug, install drivers, then unplug and plug again, then reboot, then open device manager and fiddle around, then reboot again, reinstall drivers and finally play" gives you "Pittttr", which is not only non-cool, but also hard to pronounce.
Mmmm. Pitta - lovely. Goes well with Not an actual number of Naan.
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I always wonder why they called it "plug and play". If you really want to be accurate it should be "plug, install drivers, then unplug and plug again, then reboot, then open device manager and fiddle around, then reboot again, reinstall drivers and finally play"
It's all relative. Sure, it ain't nearly as easy as what it purports to be, especially the cheap stuff. But... it's been almost a decade since i last had to worry about IRQs, or choose between a working sound card and a CPU-intensive parallel port driver. So by comparison, it's almost fun... :rolleyes:
every night, i kneel at the foot of my bed and thank the Great Overseeing Politicians for protecting my freedoms by reducing their number, as if they were deer in a state park. -- Chris Losinger, Online Poker Players?
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CataclysmicQuantums wrote:
ENOUGH WITH THE SEXUAL JOKES MY GOD!
If I had a dime for every sexual innuendo involved in the computer industry, I would be rich. Honestly, it is there, everywhere you look. Mostly because computer geeks notoriously got very "little" action, so they settled for embedding sexual innuendo. Do you really want an honest and complete assessment for what USB plug-n-play really is? and what it means?
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
El Corazon wrote:
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So they get lots of action now? I doubt it.
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Hence why we have floppy and hard disks, motherboards, male and female adapters. It's not just the computer industry - it's wherever you have a bunch of undersexed overhormoned males. It always reminds me of the refute to the men can't multitask argument - "I can multitask, I can fantasise about a beautiful woman and not drool - both at the same time."
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
"I can multitask, I can fantasise about a beautiful woman and not drool - both at the same time."
:laugh::laugh::laugh:
"Any sort of work in VB6 is bound to provide several WTF moments." - Christian Graus
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Marc Clifton wrote:
Because of its sexual connotations. Nothing succeeds better marketing wise than something with sexual connotations.
No it is not you pervert. Its not funny.
CataclysmicQuantums wrote:
No it is not you pervert. Its not funny.
Did I say something funny? I was being dead serious. If you disagree, well, that's fantastic. You're the model Waldorf[^] parent then, as you obviously haven't been exposed to any form of advertisement what-so-ever! And even more importantly, your soul hasn't been influenced by Ahrimanic[^] forces and you should find your period of kamaloka[^] significantly reduced and your journey to the Sun being much easier. Marc