Maxims for the Internet Age
Posted by Tommy on September 08, 1998 at 03:59:42:
> 1. Home is where you hang your @ > 2. The E-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail. > 3. A journey of a thousand sites begins with a single click. > 4. You can't teach a old mouse new clicks. > 5. Great groups from little icons grow. > 6. Speak softly and carry a cellular phone. > 7. C:\ is the root of all directories. > 8. Don't put all your hypes in one home page. > 9. Pentium wise; pen and paper foolish. > 10. The modem is the message. > 11. Too many clicks spoil the browse. > 12. The geek shall inherit the earth. > 13. A chat has nine lives. > 14. Don't byte off more than you can view. > 15. Fax is stranger than fiction. > 16. What boots up must come down. > 17. Windows will never cease. > 18. In Gates we trust (and our tender is legal). > 19. Virtual reality is its own reward. > 20. Modulation in all things. > 21. A user and his leisure time are soon parted. > 22. There's no place like http://www.home.com > 23. Know what to expect before you connect. > 24. Oh, what a tangled website we weave when first we practice. > 25. Speed thrills. > 26. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him > to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks. > > New Words for the 90's > > Assmosis > The process by which some people seem to absorb success and advancement > by kissing up to the boss rather than working hard. > > Chips and Salsa > Chips Hardware; Salsa Software. "Well, first we gotta figure out > if the problem in your chips or your salsa." > > GOOD Job > A "Get-Out-Of-Debt" job. A well-paying job people take in order to pay off > their debts, one that they will quit as soon as they are solvent again. > > Idea Hamsters > People who always seem to have their idea generators running. > > Irritainment > Entertainment and media spectacles that are annoying, but you find > yourself unable to stop watching them. Prime example: the O.J. trials > on CNN. > > Keyboard Plaque > The disgusting buildup of dirt and crud found on computer keyboards. > > Mouse Potato > The online, wired generation's answer to the couch potato. > > Ohnosecond > That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just > made a big mistake. > > Percussive Maintenance The fine art of whacking the crap out of an > electronic device to get it to work again. > > Perot > To quit unexpectedly, as in "My cellular phone just perot'ed." > > Seagull Manager > A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, defecates over everything > and then leaves. > > SITCOMs > What yuppies turn into when they have children and one of them stops > working to stay home with the kids. It stands for Single Income, Two > Children, Oppressive Mortgage. > > Squirt the Bird > To transmit a signal to a satellite. > > Starter Marriage > A short-lived first marriage that ends in divorce with no kids, no > property and no regrets. > > Stress Puppy > A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiny. > > Treeware > Hacker slang for documentation or other printed material.
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