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(I helped save b3ta! rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Seriously though, WiFI
It doesn't fucking mean anything!
(I helped save b3ta! Peej, Fri 27 Sep 2013, 14:41, 1 reply, 11 years ago)
Doesn't it?
Is it not an abbreviation of some technical bollocks?
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 27 Sep 2013, 14:44, Reply)
WIreless something?

(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 27 Sep 2013, 14:44, Reply)
It's exactly what it sounds like, a play on hifi.
It was a tradename for the people creating a wireless data transfer standard, meant to suggest reliability.
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Fri 27 Sep 2013, 14:47, Reply)
well this is a snappy little tagline
they should have gone with that
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 27 Sep 2013, 14:49, Reply)
I refuse to say it
Wireless network. End of.
(I helped save b3ta! Peej, Fri 27 Sep 2013, 14:50, Reply)
I use cables whereever possible.

(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Fri 27 Sep 2013, 14:53, Reply)
Me too
In fact my laptop is chained to my desk with a kensington lock
(I helped save b3ta! Peej, Fri 27 Sep 2013, 14:55, Reply)
THAT'S WHERE I LIVE!
kensington, not your desk. that'd be weird.
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 27 Sep 2013, 14:56, Reply)
She doesn't really.
She lives in Hammersmith and just tells people Ken'ton because she's a godawful social climber.
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Fri 27 Sep 2013, 14:57, Reply)
IT'S NOT FUCKING HAMMERSMITH
IT DOES NOT HAVE A W6 POST-CODE OR HAMMERSMITH IN THE ADDRESS!
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 27 Sep 2013, 15:09, Reply)
^Upset^

(I helped save b3ta! Peej, Fri 27 Sep 2013, 15:40, Reply)
Click.

(I helped save b3ta! Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 27 Sep 2013, 15:11, Reply)
MY MATE TOM HAS A PLACE IN KENSINGTON!!!!!
ITS LIKE WE'RE RELATED!!
(I helped save b3ta! Peej, Fri 27 Sep 2013, 14:57, Reply)
look love, this isn't cornwall, where everyone is...

(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 27 Sep 2013, 15:12, Reply)
Everyone is what?

(I helped save b3ta! Peej, Fri 27 Sep 2013, 15:40, Reply)
No

(I helped save b3ta! Peej, Fri 27 Sep 2013, 14:49, Reply)
It's a tradename, originally.

(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Fri 27 Sep 2013, 14:45, Reply)
iirc it was chosen purely cos it sounded like "hifi"

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 27 Sep 2013, 14:48, Reply)
No

(I helped save b3ta! Peej, Fri 27 Sep 2013, 14:49, Reply)

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