nessus@nsc.UUCP (10/12/83)
A while ago, there was a question to the effect of "Has anyone ever had
their name change as a result of having an account on/in a computer?" I have a
new question:
"Do you find yourself using DP/CS/hardware terms in a similar context
but in a situation that does not relate to DP/CS/hardware?
A few days ago, I was playing records on our stereo at the same time a
friend was visiting. Presently the record finished playing, and because the
auto-stop mechanism is broken, the stylus had to be lifted by hand. Our friend
offerred to do this [I was cooking] but before he could figure out how to
operate our {wierd!!} stereo, I finished what I was doing, and walked over to
the stereo and said:
"Excuse me, let me rezero the record."
For those of you who don't know, "rezero" is a command used in disks,
meaning "move the read/write head to the outermost data track." I was really
saying "I want to play the record again."
I also caught myself advising my MOTAS that "we need to initialize the
hydraulic clutch after rebuilding it so that there will be no air in the lines."
Has anyone else on the net noticed tech terms creeping into ordinary
conversation where they would not be in there original context but were used to
describe a similar situation?
Hope I'm not the only one,
Kchula-Rrit
menlo70!nsc!nessusokie@ihuxs.UUCP (10/12/83)
I have a friend who constantly refers to anyone of an immovable nature as being "hard-wired." He also uses "firmware" when talking about MOTOS -- I won't go into the details. BKCobb BTL, Naperville, IL
mjs@rabbit.UUCP (10/13/83)
I often "mount" and "umount" my discs, both that awful vinyl stuff and
those wonderful CDs.
--
Marty Shannon
UUCP: {alice,rabbit,research}!mjs
Phone: 201-582-3199dee@cca.UUCP (Donald Eastlake) (10/14/83)
In a chinese restaurant once, I wanted a serving spoon and asked
someone else in the group I was with for an "upper case spoon". They
knew what I meant without thinking about it.
+ Donald E. Eastlake, III
ARPA: dee@CCA-UNIX usenet: {decvax,linus}!cca!deestevesu@bronze.UUCP (Steve Summit) (10/18/83)
The use of computer-"science" terms in everyday speech, and the
use of login id's instead of personal names, are just two of the
many silly things that obsessive computer hackers love to do. If
this discussion is anything like the last, we will all be
subjected to weeks and weeks of adorable anecdotes about all the
cute ways the hackers on the net have made real life sound as
much as possible like their beloved machines. To coin a phrase,
gag me w/ a spoon. Perhaps we need a net.hackers for the
discussion of computerese in real life, login id's, innovative
prompts, and "my first time." I'd just love to unsubscribe.
Steve Summit