Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Internet Help from the MIT Class of 1951: I was reading the book that the class of 1951 put together for their 50th reunion (5 years ago) and was tickled by this "computer help" from one alumnus to another. (New Hampshire themed because the alum lives in NH...)
Log on- Make wood stove hotta
Log off- Don’t add no more wood
Monitor- Keep an eye on the stove
Download- Get firewood off the truck
Ram- The thing that splits the wood
Hard drive- Getting home in the winta
Prompt- What the mail ain’t in the winta
Window- What to shut in the winta
Screen- What to shut during black fly season
Screen saver- Duck tape
Byte-What the black flies do
Bit- What the black flies did
Megabite- What the BIG black flies do
Chip- Munchies for TV
Modem- What you did to the lawn weeds
Dot matrix- Old Dan Matrix’s wife
Cursor- someone who swears
Upgrade- Steep hill
Server- Waitress
Mail Server- Male waitress, damn few in NH
Network- Mendin’ holes in the fishnet

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