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Old 10-09-2003, 11:02 AM   #1
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What These Computer Acronyms Really Mean

* WWW = World Wide Wait

* ISDN = It Still Does Nothing

* SCSI = System Can't See It

* DOS = Defective Operating System

* IBM = I Blame Microsoft

* PENTIUM = Produces Erroneous Numbers Through Incorrect Understanding Of Mathematics

* BASIC = Bill's Attempt to Sieze Industry Control

* APPLE = Arrogance Produces Profit-Losing Entity

* CD-ROM = Consumer Device - Rendered Obsolete Monthly

* COBOL = Completely Obsolete Business-Orientated Language

* AMIGA = A Merely Insignificant Game Addiction

* MIPS = Meaningless Indicator of Processor Speed

* WINDOWS = Will Install Needless Data On Whole System

* MACINTOSH = Most Applications Crash If Not The Operating System Hangs

* MICROSOFT = Most Intelligent Customers Realize Our Software Only Fools Teens

* PCMCIA = People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
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Old 10-09-2003, 11:10 AM   #2
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LOL some of them were quite good. Favourite ones:
WWW, PENTIUM, MICROSOFT
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Old 10-09-2003, 11:41 AM   #3
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ROTFLMAO!
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Old 10-09-2003, 12:19 PM   #4
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lol. Did you make those up yourself?
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Old 10-09-2003, 12:32 PM   #5
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PCMCIA and WINDOWS were the best. Erm.... but Windblows isn't an acronymn. [img]graemlins/readingbook.gif[/img]
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Old 10-09-2003, 12:51 PM   #6
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Erm.... but Windblows isn't an acronymn. [img]graemlins/readingbook.gif[/img]
...? meaning what?
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Old 10-09-2003, 12:53 PM   #7
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lol. Did you make those up yourself?
Nope! Found them at some humor site.
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Old 10-09-2003, 01:52 PM   #8
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PCMCIA and WINDOWS were the best. Erm.... but Windblows isn't an acronymn. [img]graemlins/readingbook.gif[/img]
It is now ! !
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Old 10-09-2003, 01:57 PM   #9
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I saw something quite similar, except:

IBM = I Blame Microsoft, I Buy Macintosh. [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]
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