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12 Sep 2005, 3:00 am

computers are for people who don't know how to use an abacus

i'm typing to you guys on a Sophocles 8200tm

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12 Sep 2005, 12:57 pm

Computers are for people who are too advanced to be stimulated by Television. :)



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12 Sep 2005, 1:01 pm

computers are for defenestration, when they don't work and i've got PMS.



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12 Sep 2005, 5:15 pm

CockneyRebel wrote:
Computers are for people who are too advanced to be stimulated by Television. :)


yes!

I'm the only person in the world who actually *uses* my exercise equipment, but leaves clothes and crap on the TV.



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15 Sep 2005, 8:37 am

Computers are for letting me be free. I develop the mathematics, the computer does the arithmetic. It's a beautiful thing to see a modest PC do a trillion passes through an algorithm on a lazy afternoon.

Aaaahhh. :nerdy:



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23 Sep 2005, 5:24 pm

rpm2004 wrote:
computers are for people who don't know how to use an abacus


An abacus is for those who do not have RPN calculators! ;) Computers are good for banging one's head on when upset about deleting an entire physics lab. :evil:

To err is human. To really foul up requires a computer.


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30 Sep 2005, 7:19 pm

Computers are the perfect scape goat. You can say I did do the report. But the computer lost it some how. And the computer will never argue back.


For me I wish I could use my computer for online games. But im on dial up. Other than that spending time on a computer is much more interesting that any thing else I can think of doing when im home. I also surpose it is communication tool for me too. Even though I never seem to run into the same person twice on the internet. Or stay in the same place on the internet.


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25 Nov 2005, 1:10 pm

Books are for that too.

And well computers are also for people who, in their twenties, write like five year olds...except the handwriting is smaller.


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Computers are for people who are too advanced to be stimulated by Television. :)



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25 Nov 2005, 2:12 pm

Computers are for fun.



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29 Nov 2005, 7:05 am

I use my computer to cook dinner, water the plants, mow the lawn and wash the dishes.


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29 Nov 2005, 9:35 am

I want a computer that does all that. Can it go to work too? LOL


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I use my computer to cook dinner, water the plants, mow the lawn and wash the dishes.


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29 Nov 2005, 5:30 pm

The seven ages of computer use:

age 0-10..computers are for..learning exciting new skills
age 11-20..computers are for..zapping aliens and sneaking a look at porn
age 21-30..computers are for..self discovery and education
age 31-40..computers are for..work, boring work
age 41-50..computers are for..swingers forums and mid-life crisis help groups
age 51-60..computers are for..calculating pension plans
age 71-the end..computers are for..making slideshows of the grandkids, keeping in touch


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29 Nov 2005, 8:02 pm

Computers are for music and porn. That's it.



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30 Nov 2005, 3:16 pm

Aspie1 wrote:
Computers are for music and porn. That's it.


I was gonna say that!


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01 Dec 2005, 1:36 am

I cant believe this thread is still alive


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05 Dec 2005, 5:52 am

Computers are for communications. That is, they switch and route data from where it is to where it needs to be. Without communications, a computer is just a box, and all it can do is, ummm, compute. That's useful but limited. But when it networks, suddenly a greater entity arises. And then we're really getting somewhere. Suddenly we've done for the transport of information what Ford did for transport of human beings 80 years ago. This great leap has touched our lives and rendered us more powerful and efficient in countless ways. This is what computers are all about.