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Geek Culture / Rural Australian Computer Terms

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indi
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Joined: 26th Aug 2002
Location: Earth, Brisbane, Australia
Posted: 6th Apr 2004 10:02
HEHE the aussies will dig this one.
It was sent to me via email so excuse me.
if you have read it already


Log On - Make the barbie hotter
Log Off - Don't add any more wood
Monitor - Keeping an eye on the barbie
Download - Get the firewood off the ute
Hard drive - trip back home without any cold tinnies
Floppy Disc - What you get lifting too much firewood at once
Keyboard - where you hang the ute, and bike keys
Window - What you shut when it's cold
Screen - What you shut in the mozzie season
Byte - What mozzies do
Bit - What mozzies did
Mega Byte - What Townsville mozzies do
Chip - A bar snack
Micro Chip - What's left in the bag after you have eaten the chips
Modem - What you did to the lawns
Dot Matrix - Old Dan Matrix's wife
Laptop - Where the cat sleeps
Software - Plastic knives and forks you get at Big Rooster
Hardware - Real stainless steel knives and forks from K Mart
Mouse - What eats the grain in the shed
Mainframe - What holds the shed up
Web - What spiders make
Web Site - The shed or under the verandah
Cursor - The old bloke down the pub who swears a lot
Search Engine - What you do when the ute won't go
Yahoo - what you say when the ute does go
Upgrade - A steep hill
Server - The person at the pub that brings out the counter lunch
Mail Server - The bloke at the pub that brings out the counter lunch
Internet - Complicated fish net repair method
Netscape - When fish maneuvers out of reach of net
Online - When you get the laundry hung out
Off Line - When the pegs don't hold the washing up


fall down seven times, stand up eight
Rpg Cyco
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Location: Australia
Posted: 6th Apr 2004 10:07
ROFLMAO!!!! Nice one!

l8ter

Rpg Cyco

Dave J
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Location: Secret Military Pub, Down Under
Posted: 6th Apr 2004 11:51
lol, nice although a couple could have been better. Perhaps Yahoo could have had something to do with Yahoo Serious? Oh well, still had some good ones. I wonder who wrote it.


"Computers are useless they can only give you answers."
Teh Go0rfmeister
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Posted: 6th Apr 2004 12:29
Quote: "Byte - What mozzies do
Bit - What mozzies did"


lmao

whats a ute?

http://www.tinnedhead.tk under re-construction.
indi
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Posted: 6th Apr 2004 13:07
its like a work truck




fall down seven times, stand up eight
Dave J
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Posted: 6th Apr 2004 13:44
Gotta have the old German Shepherd in the back as well.


"Computers are useless they can only give you answers."
flibX0r
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Location: Western Australia
Posted: 6th Apr 2004 14:00
And it aint dirty. A ute's gotta be ccovered in red dust.

Current Project: Interactive DBPro Showcase Example
Project Status: Game Engine 90%
http://www.w3th.tk <-- Soon to have some content
Teh Go0rfmeister
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Posted: 7th Apr 2004 11:19
i...
...see

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BatVink
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Posted: 7th Apr 2004 16:20
A colleague of mine is moving to Australia this weekend...I've printed it out for her.

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