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Catty1
11-14-2010, 10:25 PM
From http://www.goofball.com/jokes/business/nerd_sayings

1. Cannot find REALITY.SYS. Universe halted.

2. COFFEE.EXE Missing - Insert Cup and Press Any Key.

3. Buy a Pentium 586/90 so you can reboot faster.

4. 2 + 2 = 5 for extremely large values of 2.

5. Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes.

6. Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.

7. My software never has bugs. It just develops random features.

8. C:WINDOWS C:WINDOWSGO C:PCCRAWL

9. C: DOS C: DOSRUN RUNDOSRUN

10. <--- The information went data way --->

11. Best file compression around: 'DEL *.*' = 100% compression.

12. The Definition of an Upgrade: Take old bugs out, put new ones in.

13. BREAKFAST.COM Halted...Cereal Port Not Responding.

14. The name is Baud, James Baud.

15. BUFFERS=20 FILES=15 2nd down, 4th quarter, 5 yards to go!

16. Access denied--nah nah na nah nah!

17. C:> Bad command or file name! Go stand in the corner!

18. Bad command. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay!
Staaay..

19. Why doesn't DOS ever say 'EXCELLENT command or
filename!'

20. As a computer, I find your faith in technology
amusing.

21. Southern DOS: Y'all reckon? (Yep/Nope)

22. Backups? We don' NEED no steenking backups.

23. E Pluribus Modem

24. >... File not found. Should I fake it? (Y/N)

25. Ethernet (n): something used to catch the
Etherbunny.

26. A mainframe: The biggest PC peripheral available.

27. An error? Impossible! My modem is error correcting.

28. CONGRESS.SYS Corrupted: Re-boot Washington
D.C. (Y/N)?

29. Does fuzzy logic tickle?

30. A computer's attention span is as long as its power cord.

31. 11th commandment-Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's Pentium.

32. 24 hours in a day...24 beers in a case...coincidence?

33. Disinformation is not as good as datinformation.

34. Windows: Just another pane in the glass.

35. SENILE.COM found . . . Out Of Memory . . .

36. Who's General Failure & why is he reading my disk?

37. Ultimate office automation: networked coffee.

38. RAM disk is not an installation procedure.

39. Shell to DOS...Come in DOS, do you copy? Shell to DOS...

40. All computers wait at the same speed.

41. Computer: A device designed to speed and automate errors.

42. Go ahead, make my data!

43. Smash forehead on keyboard to continue.....

44. Enter any 11-digit prime number to continue...

45. ASCII stupid question, get a stupid ANSI!

46. E-mail returned to sender -- insufficient voltage.

47. Help! I'm modeming... and I can't hang up!!!

48. All wiyht. Rho sritched mg kegtops awound?

49. Error: Keyboard not attached. Press F1 to continue.

50. '640K ought to be enough for anybody.' - Bill Gates, 1981

51. DOS Tip #17: Add DEVICE=FNGRCROS.SYS to
CONFIG.SYS

52. Hidden DOS secret: add BUGS=OFF to your CONFIG.SYS

53. Press any key to continue or any other key to quit...

54. Press any key...... no, No, NO!! Not THAT one!

55. Press -- to continue ...

Twisterdog
11-14-2010, 10:55 PM
11. Best file compression around: 'DEL *.*' = 100% compression.

You KNOW someone is going to try it. :p

blue
11-14-2010, 11:55 PM
No "apt-get install awesome"? Or "ssh mordor"?

lizbud
11-15-2010, 09:34 AM
I'm no computer nerd, but I like 'em.:D Mind if I send these to a few people? LOL.:) I was going to pick a favorite, but they are all good.:)

phesina
11-15-2010, 02:07 PM
56. Managing programmers is like herding cats.

Unfortunately, the famous YouTube "Cat Herding" video is no longer available (EDS copyright claim).. I was going to include the link.

smokey the elder
11-15-2010, 03:18 PM
Well, poop on EDS! They should think of it as a bonus if that ad goes viral!

You can tell just how dated these are! Pentium 90!?:D T. Rex era stuff!:p

aTailOf2Kitties
11-15-2010, 04:33 PM
I didn't understand any of that. It's all geek to me!:p

cassiesmom
11-15-2010, 04:44 PM
56. Managing programmers is like herding cats.

Unfortunately, the famous YouTube "Cat Herding" video is no longer available (EDS copyright claim).. I was going to include the link.

Noooooo! That is one of my all-time favorite Super Bowl spots! Boo on EDS.

What about PEBCAK (Problem exists between chair and keyboard)? Or ID10T errors? Or the person who asked the help line rep where to find the "ANY" key?!

mrspunkysmom
11-15-2010, 08:52 PM
cat herding video (http://www.livevideo.com/video/Fair-Bear/58329A287DB3444A93C5B2713794FA0E/cat-herding.aspx)

cat herder - excellent values (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_MaJDK3VNE&feature=fvw)

Downloads nice too

Hellow
11-15-2010, 09:35 PM
Or "ssh mordor"?

http://onedoesnot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/OneDoesNotSSHintoMordor.jpg

...I'm going to go hostname one of my systems "mordor" now.

phesina
11-16-2010, 04:14 AM
cat herding video (http://www.livevideo.com/video/Fair-Bear/58329A287DB3444A93C5B2713794FA0E/cat-herding.aspx)

cat herder - excellent values (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_MaJDK3VNE&feature=fvw)

Downloads nice too

Oh, thank you!

smokey the elder
11-16-2010, 10:35 AM
I love "PEBCAK". I use that one a lot.:p