Is this something CP should adopt...
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I always think it would have been better if computers were not made user friendly, but were in fact user hostile. In the old days (circa 1980 or so) my school had a Research Machines 380Z and even to get your hands on it was a major victory. Monochrome, no sound, twin floppy and came on a cart because it was so big and heavy. I loved it. The joys of a black screen with a little green C:> You were the man, the high priest. If you told people you were "into" computers you had kudos and standing. You would actually wander around holding floppies to indicate your power! Then Bill Gates made computers accessable to idiots and the trouble started! Lets back grade to C:> Let us take back the technology and burn effigies of Bill Gates this Guy Fawkes Night! (for non UK members it is a celebration of the Prevention of Parliament getting blown up! irony I suppose).
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Let us take back the technology and burn effigies of Bill Gates this Guy Fawkes Night!
Let's take back the country, and finish off what Guy Fawkes started instead!
Me: Can you see the "up" arrow? User:Errr...ummm....no. Me: Can you see an arrow that points upwards? User: Oh yes, I see it now! -Excerpt from a support call taken by me, 08/31/2007
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I always think it would have been better if computers were not made user friendly, but were in fact user hostile. In the old days (circa 1980 or so) my school had a Research Machines 380Z and even to get your hands on it was a major victory. Monochrome, no sound, twin floppy and came on a cart because it was so big and heavy. I loved it. The joys of a black screen with a little green C:> You were the man, the high priest. If you told people you were "into" computers you had kudos and standing. You would actually wander around holding floppies to indicate your power! Then Bill Gates made computers accessable to idiots and the trouble started! Lets back grade to C:> Let us take back the technology and burn effigies of Bill Gates this Guy Fawkes Night! (for non UK members it is a celebration of the Prevention of Parliament getting blown up! irony I suppose).
------------------------------------ Happy Primes Lead to Happy Memories. Don't Google FGI
Dalek Dave wrote:
Let us take back the technology and burn effigies of Bill Gates this Guy Fawkes Night! (for non UK members it is a celebration of the Prevention of Parliament getting blown up! irony I suppose).
I prefer to think of it as celebrating an attempt to blow up Parliment...
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-- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Buzzwords!
I'm waiting for them to port it to .NET. Then in it goes.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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-- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Buzzwords!
I think the planet should be sprayed with some sort of 'stupidicide'.
Sometimes the loser kids are the coolest to hang around with. But ONLY sometimes. *sigh*
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-- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Buzzwords!
So... what would this do to those of us who like to include examples of stupidity in our sigs?;)
"We may not be the smartest in the world, but we're the smartest you've got." -a co-worker, speaking to our manager
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I'm waiting for them to port it to .NET. Then in it goes.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Ooh, I'd love to see it in action. In the meantime, "happenin 2 u but she chosed 2 be lookin like a hoe dat her problem i luv u but naw u just need 2 chill out wit diz broad" (I think YouTube attracts some of the worst).
Sometimes the loser kids are the coolest to hang around with. But ONLY sometimes. *sigh*
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So... what would this do to those of us who like to include examples of stupidity in our sigs?;)
"We may not be the smartest in the world, but we're the smartest you've got." -a co-worker, speaking to our manager
tha 'puter woud be all like 'nah man, nun o that stff here m8 LOL!!!!' Sorry, I can't do it very well.
Sometimes the loser kids are the coolest to hang around with. But ONLY sometimes. *sigh*
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So... what would this do to those of us who like to include examples of stupidity in our sigs?;)
"We may not be the smartest in the world, but we're the smartest you've got." -a co-worker, speaking to our manager
Those would be Deliberate. Put in for the comedic value, not because that is how we naturally choose to communicate. I feel that textspeak is one step up from clicks and grunts. The renaissance happened, why are we doing it again, backwards?
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Ooh, I'd love to see it in action. In the meantime, "happenin 2 u but she chosed 2 be lookin like a hoe dat her problem i luv u but naw u just need 2 chill out wit diz broad" (I think YouTube attracts some of the worst).
Sometimes the loser kids are the coolest to hang around with. But ONLY sometimes. *sigh*
Ravel H. Joyce wrote:
I think YouTube attracts some of the worst
I think it attracts some of the worst homophobic comments as well... Although it may just be the kind of music i listen to (Soft Cell). But in any case, too many YouTubers are too immature:sigh: I mean i want to hear the song, see the video, not read some moron's comments about the guy's recutum X|(at best..there's been much worse) Roswell
"Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
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I think the planet should be sprayed with some sort of 'stupidicide'.
Sometimes the loser kids are the coolest to hang around with. But ONLY sometimes. *sigh*
That'd be great, but who's going to clean up the bodies? All the Best Julian