I had this book - the revised edition.
Minicomputers, Winchester drives, core memory... my GCSE is flooding back....
Ladybird Books are/were fantastic. And in some cases, terrifying.
There is something about computers that is both fascinating and alarming....
I do not own a computer, and refuse to use one. They are not only alarming, they are evil, and I will not succumb to their spell.
There is something about computers that is both fascinating and alarming....
Pfft. You are such a girl.
In a good way! Good! Ow!
1971: Programmers, being human, are sometimes liable to make mistakes.
1979: Programmers, being human, are always liable to make mistakes.
Ouch!
hooray! for Wolof
although my conscience does force me to mention this...
Pfft. You are such a girl.
*checks chest*
Yup.
(>.<)
Nice one Monkeyfilter. You've finally turned into some old, senile Alzheimer's patient who keeps repeating the same story over and over, unable to remember that you've told it only seconds before.
Nice one Monkeyfilter. You've finally turned into some old, senile Alzheimer's patient who keeps repeating the same story over and over, unable to remember that you've told it only seconds before.
AH FOR FUCK'S SAKE
Gomi, I saw a guy this weekend with the biggest man-boobs evar. It made me ashamed of my status as a woman.
I think you people are taking the "Eeked" concept too literally.
I'll let you have this thread back for 4000 galactic credits.
I am soooo not clicking on WPDK's link.
1979: Programmers, being human, are always liable to make mistakes.
2006: Programmers for MSVista, being nearly human, have screwed up another one royally.
Ah youze guys, I learned to type on a Wang* and progressed to an 8086--in the snow, uphill, both ways.
*This was not, nor is now, a dirty word.
I'm sure the number of persons with man-titties in the subset of computer operators is proportionately larger than that of the number of PWMT in the population as a whole.
a Wang hey....
*snickers*
I work with a guy named Long Wong.
he
heh heh
heh heh heh
I learned to type on a Schlong™.
heh, i have a friend who was hit on by Long Duck Dong (from 16 Candles, Geddy Watanabe)...
I'm typing with my Schlong™ right now!
Wnez8p[
Oops.
Wang huhuhuhuhu
I heard they had the customer service slogan "Wang Cares". Almost as good as when Siemens considered moving their head office to here...
Wnez8p[
You hit the and the at the same time?
Impressive!
*slaps gold star on pete's head*
Ah, I remember the ads for the Wang from somewhere in my childhood.
"Wang-ga-ratta!"
Oh, hey, if you're going to make funny noises...
Wang-ga-ga roo-roo!
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