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arfI'd rather have a mac than windows...
/shit - i've got windows
(/shit - i've got windows
Vintage The badgers took my sanity... and my TV,
Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:35,
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I've got windowsand it works great for me.
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StickFigureNinja is worried he may be on the list,
Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:38,
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mine has just started to fritz upIE is having a mental (lucky firefox for me, but company stuff has to be tested on IE) and it's telling me i don't have enough ram to open tattyshop (which is untrue as i have shed loads).
mind you i'm off for a week next week so i'll spend the best part of two days re installing my machine when i get back. top skiving.
(mind you i'm off for a week next week so i'll spend the best part of two days re installing my machine when i get back. top skiving.
Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on,
Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:39,
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Eee, I love a good skive.Whenever I fancied a sneaky half-hour, I'd boot my computer really hard and shout 'it's doing it again!' whilst people crowded round to watch it spaz. Did it one too many times though. Bye bye PC.
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Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:41,
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you may wanna compo that tis most most woo!
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The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on,
Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:35,
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This is going to be a million entry compo ...not many moans about it either....
woo ^^ yay ^^
(woo ^^ yay ^^
Munky Boy today I am back.,
Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:37,
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significantly better than hoffor that dire davidson thing.
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mr horrible up yours, dickface,
Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:38,
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i'm not sureif "Macintosh" was a acronym in the first place.
It's like
Forced
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(It's like
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Nonny Mouse. -- Scared as a Shitting Scorpion,
Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:36,
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A "Backronymn"!Where someone takes a real word and makes it into an acronym.
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coder.keitaro I like pies!,
Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:38,
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i'm surethat phrase was made up by americans who didn't know what the proper word for it was
dictionary.reference.com/search?q=acrostic
(dictionary.reference.com/search?q=acrostic
Nonny Mouse. -- Scared as a Shitting Scorpion,
Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:41,
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Maybeen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym
However the backronym is the word itself and not the phrase or poem that makes it.
The phrase itself is acrostic.
But what of it's plaintext output?
/EDIT: dictionary.reference.com/search?q=backronym
(However the backronym is the word itself and not the phrase or poem that makes it.
The phrase itself is acrostic.
But what of it's plaintext output?
/EDIT: dictionary.reference.com/search?q=backronym
coder.keitaro I like pies!,
Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:53,
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you seeyou've made "Macintosh" into an acronym, when it wasn't an acroynm. That's something else. Acrostic i think.
( Nonny Mouse. -- Scared as a Shitting Scorpion,
Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:39,
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sorryit's a clever use of words there.
woo.
(woo.
Nonny Mouse. -- Scared as a Shitting Scorpion,
Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:47,
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yeah, but most of the entriesare abbreviations not acronyms anyway.
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Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole,
Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:42,
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An acronymis the intital letters or parts of words which make another word.
Like LASER, RADAR or WASP.
An acrostic is a poem, the first letter of each line makes words(s).
ATM, NSFW etc. are not technically acronyms as they do not make pronounceable words. But I can't remember what that's called, possibly just an abbreviation.
(Like LASER, RADAR or WASP.
An acrostic is a poem, the first letter of each line makes words(s).
ATM, NSFW etc. are not technically acronyms as they do not make pronounceable words. But I can't remember what that's called, possibly just an abbreviation.
Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango,
Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:43,
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An acronymdoesn't have to make another word.
That is just lies and superstition.
(That is just lies and superstition.
Mystery_Bob,
Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:50,
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and the dictionary definition(
Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole,
Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:52,
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but dictionary.com can be made to argue against itself(
Nonny Mouse. -- Scared as a Shitting Scorpion,
Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:57,
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FUCKwasn't an acronym.
But lots of stupid people think it was.
(But lots of stupid people think it was.
Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango,
Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:40,
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That's my pointMacintosh wasn't an acronym. (is happy to be proved wrong)
( Nonny Mouse. -- Scared as a Shitting Scorpion,
Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:42,
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They (Apple) have a horribly depressing company logo.Kinda loses the impact when they stick it on computers designed to look like Baby's First PC, though. :-P
( benryves Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!,
Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:37,
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depressing?
Ironman tetsuo Back once again with the renegade mastah!,
Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:41,
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YesI fucking know, but if I'm going to parody their logo I have to stick to their stupid fucking grammar, don't I!
apologies for over-reacting.
(apologies for over-reacting.
Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole,
Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:47,
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