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JimL
SQL Slinging Yak Ranger
1537 Posts |
 Posted - 2005-11-09 : 15:32:35
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Warning impending rant!!What happened to the good old days? You know when natural selection played a big part in the gene pool and stupid people got themselves killed before they could reproduce. I just had a user leave a floppy disk in and reboot, getting of course the non-system disk error..... He could not figure out how to follow the instructions on the screen. Worse this 35 year old has a masters from IU. He has already had kids so having him castrated will serve no purpose other than the perverse enjoyment I might get out of cutting his ball off.  JimUsers <> Logic |
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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess
38200 Posts |
Posted - 2005-11-09 : 15:50:16
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| What's even more astonishing is that he uses floppy disks still!I've got 3 flash drives, totalling 2GB. Isn't that the standard now?Tara Kizer |
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TG
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
6065 Posts |
Posted - 2005-11-09 : 15:56:04
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Was it a 3-1/2 or 5-1/4?  Be One with the OptimizerTG |
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X002548
Not Just a Number
15586 Posts |
Posted - 2005-11-09 : 15:59:41
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Originally posted by JimL
Warning impending rant!!What happened to the good old days? You know when natural selection played a big part in the gene pool and stupid people got themselves killed before they could reproduce.
Anyone still get the Darwin awards by email?quote:
What's even more astonishing is that he uses floppy disks still!
We still use Cassette tapesTara, do you know what paper tape is?Brett8-)Hint: Want your questions answered fast? Follow the direction in this linkhttp://weblogs.sqlteam.com/brettk/archive/2005/05/25/5276.aspxAdd yourself!http://www.frappr.com/sqlteam |
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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess
38200 Posts |
Posted - 2005-11-09 : 16:02:15
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Tara, do you know what paper tape is?
Nope. I am much too young to know about that.  Tara Kizer |
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elwoos
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
2052 Posts |
Posted - 2005-11-10 : 02:46:20
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| I remember punchcards - they were funsteve-----------Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! |
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Kristen
Test
22859 Posts |
Posted - 2005-11-10 : 08:17:09
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| "Was it a 3-1/2 or 5-1/4?"What? You don't remember 8"? That's back when "Men were men and ..." Kristen |
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jsmith8858
Dr. Cross Join
7423 Posts |
Posted - 2005-11-10 : 08:34:16
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| I remember thinking that a 3.5" disk was a "hard disk", since it had the hard case. How could it be a floppy, like the 5 1/4" ? I had to take apart my home PC the other day to put in a new CPU fan. When I put it all back together, finally, after all these years, I decided to retire my floppy drive and took it out. It is the single part left over in my ever-evolving PC from it's original incarnation as a pentium 150mhz many years ago. Kind of made me sad. |
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spirit1
Cybernetic Yak Master
11752 Posts |
Posted - 2005-11-10 : 08:42:07
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like parting with an old and good friend, no?  Go with the flow & have fun! Else fight the flow |
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elwoos
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
2052 Posts |
Posted - 2005-11-11 : 04:22:53
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| I bought a new base unit a few months ago and it really confused wiffy as there was no floppy drive. I had to remind her what her memory stick was for!!steve-----------Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! |
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TG
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
6065 Posts |
Posted - 2005-11-11 : 08:39:10
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Originally posted by elwoos
I had to remind her what her memory stick was for!!
My wife has a memory stick too. When I forget to do something she asks for, she beats me with it. (just kidding, sweetie)Be One with the OptimizerTG |
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elwoos
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
2052 Posts |
Posted - 2005-11-11 : 12:26:04
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When I forget to do something she asks for, she beats me with it.
LMAO - who says americans don't understand ironysteve-----------Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! |
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The good old days