F+F - Fdisk and format (usually with windows reload)
breadboard - Pull an MB for testing
Xcopy - We used to Xcopy32 most of our backups, but now we call just about any hard disk backup we do an Xcopy
:D
F+F - Fdisk and format (usually with windows reload)
breadboard - Pull an MB for testing
Xcopy - We used to Xcopy32 most of our backups, but now we call just about any hard disk backup we do an Xcopy
:D
my favorite is to go home to the wife after I've just accomplished something really important at work writing a series of script jobs to perform a function in a couple of minutes that normally would take days for a person to do. I try to explain what I'd done and even in plain english, non technical terms I know that she has no idea what I'm talking about.
I put a specification for a dvdrom drive I wanted on my christmas list
IDE DVDROM 16x with OEM DVD Player.
Apparently that was too many acronyms for a person to feel comfortable about walking into a computer shop and asking for one :(
You know I used to do that and get blank stares. My wife is a dance teacher at a high school, and now when I talk tech she starts spouting dance terms, then yells now you know how I feel!!Quote:
my favorite is to go home to the wife after I've just accomplished something really important at work writing a series of script jobs to perform a function in a couple of minutes that normally would take days for a person to do. I try to explain what I'd done and even in plain english, non technical terms I know that she has no idea what I'm talking about.
How many young techs know what the acronym "DOS" actually stands for?
bounce the server
a i-d 10 t error (it takes a while)
Disk Operating System. But then, I'm not that young - 22yrs old as of Oct 14. I was using Win 3.11 and DOS 6.22 when my parents bought their first computer. The first one I bought was an AST 386/20 with a whole meg of RAM...Quote:
Originally posted by Ya_know
How many young techs know what the acronym "DOS" actually stands for?
sure they do, because they all saw the TNT original movie "The Pirates Of Silicone Valley"Quote:
Originally posted by Ya_know
How many young techs know what the acronym "DOS" actually stands for?
hehe ditto..Quote:
Originally posted by Archangel42069
Disk Operating System. But then, I'm not that young - 22yrs old as of Oct 14. I was using Win 3.11 and DOS 6.22 when my parents bought their first computer. The first one I bought was an AST 386/20 with a whole meg of RAM...
im 21...
age five I had a blast dialing up on BBS's :)
oh and downloading bad things and getting virus lol
The owner of the company I used to work for had a funny memoir from college.....Quote:
Originally posted by Ya_know
How many young techs know what the acronym "DOS" actually stands for?
A Mexican student asked him if he'd ever used Microsoft 2
:confused: :D
Oh, thought of another one
:flames:BOFH:flames:
or "TOS"Quote:
Originally posted by Ya_know
How many young techs know what the acronym "DOS" actually stands for?
even "EOS" ?
hardware "driver" my users find it hard to grasp what a driver is
registry
Domain hosting
ssl
css
Javascrpt
hyperlinks
pci Modems blowing up in thunder storms
pcmcia
Lan
usb headers
usb pinouts
usb cable maximum length
printhead
cat 5 cable
vpn tunnelling
remote assistance
Printers not working due to cartridges empty
Many, many , many a term draws a blank from my users.
The worse was trying to explain how adsl works on a different data level than the phone line so they both can be connected at the same time, as well as ICS using two dialup modems, two connections, two isp accounts, three systems and three email addresses.. Took me three days before he fianlly said "Now I get it" I got drunk that night.
Quote:
Originally posted by Archangel42069
Disk Operating System. But then, I'm not that young - 22yrs old as of Oct 14. I was using Win 3.11 and DOS 6.22 when my parents bought their first computer. The first one I bought was an AST 386/20 with a whole meg of RAM...
My first P.C. was a 286-10 with EGA and dos 3.3 and a 40meg miniscribe hard drive and 640k ram.(a smokin machine for the time):)
I never cared for Dos 6. Dos 5 was teh best.
dos 4.x sucked!!!