Re: Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to MRO on Mon Aug 07 2023 02:44 am

Hey, I mean I'd use it if I had a modem! I've always wanted to dial in somewhere like the good ol days. I even have my baud rate set low on syncterm to emulate it.

Wow that's hard core friend!

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Ewing wrote to MRO <=-

About $0.04.

Phone calls are a bit cheaper these days :)

I'll say. I worked at a company that had a main office in London. We
were in San Francisco. We didn't have a lot of voice traffic between
the offices, so I negotiated a pretty reasonable rate at the time - I
think it was 18 cents a minute.

This was back in the days when slamming was common. A LD provider would
contact your local exchange carrier and switch your lines without
authorization, then bill them at exorbitant rates - to the tune of
$1.99/minute.

I noticed that my preferred vendor's bill had dropped and a new bill
for 10 times the amount showed up and must have gone through 10 hours
of my time on the phone to get a refund. I was pissed at this point and
didn't care how long it took, since it cost them, too.

All the carriers did this, so no one was singled out and they could all
claim billing/clerical errors and hope that people gave up looking for
refunds.



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Hopefully the lost and sold pets aren't connected.

My local NextDoor feed (a local social network) will have a posting
like:

"CAT MISSING - ANSWERS TO FLUFFY"

followed shortly by:

"COYOTES SEEN ON THE GOLF COURSE - GET YOUR PETS INSIDE"

This is *not* an outdoor pet-friendly neighborhood. Unless you have the meanest, orneriest outdoor cat around. That would be Quincy - he takes
crows down in mid-air.




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Re: Hello World!
By: GenFx to candycane on Mon Aug 07 2023 06:50 pm

Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to GenFx on Sat Aug 05 2023 20:32:24

Well, what kinda stuff do you like doing?

candycane

For work im an audio engineer and stage manager.
I like Electronics and Computers, (Linux, DOS & Commodore in particular) For fun I enjoy simracing, i've been lucky enought to get a resonable graphics card and 4K VR. To me sim racing is the pinicle of VR and with a sim cockpit its the closest to real immersion as possible.
When all the nerdy stuff has me overwhelmed I like to go 4WDing and camping.

How about you?

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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: The Lizard Master to candycane on Mon Aug 07 2023 10:15 am

Re: Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to MRO on Mon Aug 07 2023 02:44 am

Hey, I mean I'd use it if I had a modem! I've always wanted to dial in
somewhere like the good ol days. I even have my baud rate set low on
syncterm to emulate it.

Wow that's hard core friend!

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Ok, I might've exaggerated a bit.. My baudrate is set to 19200, relatively fast but you can still watch the cursor scroll. Still would like to experience a modem at some point tho.

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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: poindexter FORTRAN to candycane on Mon Aug 07 2023 08:03 am

This is *not* an outdoor pet-friendly neighborhood. Unless you have the meanest, orneriest outdoor cat around. That would be Quincy - he takes crows down in mid-air.

Is Quincy your cat? Also, do they actually kill the crow?

candycane

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candycane wrote to The Lizard Master <=-

Ok, I might've exaggerated a bit.. My baudrate is set to 19200,
relatively fast but you can still watch the cursor scroll. Still
would like to experience a modem at some point tho.

Well, modems are readily available on Amazon or eBay.



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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Gamgee to candycane on Mon Aug 07 2023 04:03 pm

Well, modems are readily available on Amazon or eBay.

Well I miight look at one then.

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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Aug 07 2023 01:22 pm

This is *not* an outdoor pet-friendly neighborhood. Unless you have
the meanest, orneriest outdoor cat around. That would be Quincy - he
takes crows down in mid-air.

Is Quincy your cat? Also, do they actually kill the crow?

Quincy isn't my cat, he belongs to the neighborhood. I think he has 2 or 3 bowls with his name on them. He's not a catch-and-release cat, I'm sure the crow met his demise.
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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: poindexter FORTRAN to candycane on Mon Aug 07 2023 05:40 pm

Is Quincy your cat? Also, do they actually kill the crow?

Quincy isn't my cat, he belongs to the neighborhood. I think he has 2 or 3 bowls with his name on them. He's not a catch-and-release cat, I'm sure the crow met his demise.

Pretty cool, it's like the neighborhood mascot.

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Re: Hello World!
By: GenFx to candycane on Mon Aug 07 2023 06:50 pm

For work im an audio engineer and stage manager.

Oh? I was just talking to a Serbian audio engineer the other day..

And a Czech one, too.

And a Czech one two.

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Re: Hello World!
By: Phigan to GenFx on Mon Aug 07 2023 08:26 pm

Oh? I was just talking to a Serbian audio engineer the other day..

And a Czech one, too.

And a Czech one two.

Good one.

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Re: Hello World!
By: Phigan to GenFx on Mon Aug 07 2023 20:26:37

Oh? I was just talking to a Serbian audio engineer the other day..

And a Czech one, too.

And a Czech one two.

HAHAHA this made me laugh more than I wish to admit, thanks ^^

They sound like the three voices I talk to also

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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to MRO on Mon Aug 07 2023 02:44 am

Re: Re: Hello World!
By: MRO to Nightfox on Sun Aug 06 2023 04:24 pm

so it's like what i had for many years, and i'm sure only 2 people use this one too.
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Hey, I mean I'd use it if I had a modem! I've always wanted to dial in somewhere like the good ol days. I even have my baud rate set low on syncterm to emulate it.

fuck that shit.
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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Phigan to candycane on Mon Aug 07 2023 04:27 am

Re: Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to Phigan on Sun Aug 06 2023 02:41 pm

Oh cool, how many things have you seen posted there?

It's mostly just random people's business cards, like realtors. Sometimes you might see a note about lost pets, or selling pets, stuff like that, but that's more and more rare.

what grocery store is this?
do you have a time machine.
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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Phigan to candycane on Mon Aug 07 2023 04:32 am

Re: Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to Nightfox on Sun Aug 06 2023 05:18 pm

2600.network is a modem line that lets you connect to a bunch of bbs's from

So rather than you telnetting to the BBS, you connect your modem to a voip line to dial into another modem that telnets to the BBS for you :D.

that's what i was saying when you brought it up on irc.
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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to The Lizard Master on Mon Aug 07 2023 12:38 pm

everywhere...

Ok, I might've exaggerated a bit.. My baudrate is set to 19200, relatively fast but you can still watch the cursor scroll. Still would like to experience a modem at some point tho.

candycane

do 300 baud
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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: MRO to candycane on Tue Aug 08 2023 11:29 pm

do 300 baud

I'm not a masochist.

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Quoting Candycane to Poindexter Fortran <=-

Is Quincy your cat? Also, do they actually kill the crow?

Quincy isn't my cat, he belongs to the neighborhood. I think he has 2 or 3 bowls with his name on them. He's not a catch-and-release cat, I'm sure the crow met his demise.

Pretty cool, it's like the neighborhood mascot.

Reminds me of our cat. His name was Pancake. We just had to put him down
this week as he was 21 years old! I will never forget the day I was
looking out the window when this bird swooped down and then tried to
quickly pull itself back up, but . . . Pancake was faster and
jumped into the air and pulled that bird right out of the sky. He was
quite the hunter! Miss that crazy cat! :-(


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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Elf to CANDYCANE on Fri Aug 11 2023 01:18 pm

Reminds me of our cat. His name was Pancake. We just had to put him down this week as he was 21 years old! I will never forget the day I was

Sorry to hear :( But why did you have to put him down because he was 21 years old? I've heard of some cats living even longer than that.. Did he have some health issues?

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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Elf to CANDYCANE on Fri Aug 11 2023 01:18 pm

Reminds me of our cat. His name was Pancake. We just had to put him down this week as he was 21 years old! I will never forget the day I was looking out the window when this bird swooped down and then tried to quickly pull itself back up, but . . . Pancake was faster and
jumped into the air and pulled that bird right out of the sky. He was quite the hunter! Miss that crazy cat! :-(

Rip, they sound like they were quite tough.

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Quoting Nightfox to Elf <=-

Sorry to hear :( But why did you have to put him down because he was
21 years old? I've heard of some cats living even longer than that..
Did he have some health issues?

Yes he had health issues. He lost much of his weight (more than half)
and was weak and having pain issues with his back legs. He also was
having balance issues (falling over a lot). He was also having some
breathing issues. He was definitely very near the edge but kept
hanging on and we just couldn't stand to watch him suffer. Aging
sucks for both humans and animals.

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Quoting Candycane to Elf <=-

Rip, they sound like they were quite tough.

Yeah, he was tough. It was hard to see him struggle with age related weaknesses and pain at the end.

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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Elf to NIGHTFOX on Sat Aug 12 2023 04:23 am

Yes he had health issues. He lost much of his weight (more than half)
and was weak and having pain issues with his back legs. He also was
having balance issues (falling over a lot). He was also having some breathing issues. He was definitely very near the edge but kept
hanging on and we just couldn't stand to watch him suffer. Aging
sucks for both humans and animals.

I am sorry to hear.

I am sure you gave him a great life.

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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Elf to NIGHTFOX on Sat Aug 12 2023 04:23 am

Yes he had health issues. He lost much of his weight (more than half) and was weak and having pain issues with his back legs. He also was
having balance issues (falling over a lot). He was also having some breathing issues. He was definitely very near the edge but kept
hanging on and we just couldn't stand to watch him suffer. Aging
sucks for both humans and animals.

:( I'm sorry to hear, and sorry for your loss

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Re: Hello World!
By: Ewing to MRO on Thu Jul 20 2023 10:50 am

Welcome to my BBS Dizzy, and hello world! to everyone else!

There's a Youtube channel I've been super enjoying lately called "Usagi Electric".

This guy is AMAZING, he rebuilds and reverse engineers old computers and electronics, and one of the more amusing quirks of his, due to a bug in (I THINK!) his work trying to reverse engineer a Wang word processor he'd found, was that in trying to write the assembly language to print "Hello, World!" he ended up instead printing "Hellorld" and so from then on any time he wants to do a test print it's "Hellorld" instead :)

Great stuff. Lately he's been, among other things, resuscitating a Bendix vacuum tube computer from the 1950s.

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That does sound interesting.


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Re: Hello World!
By: Feoh to Ewing on Wed Dec 20 2023 09:34 am

There's a Youtube channel I've been super enjoying lately called "Usagi Electric".

Great stuff. Lately he's been, among other things, resuscitating a Bendix vacuum tube computer from the 1950s.

Yeah I'm a huge fan of this guy and really looking forward to seeing more of the Bendix. I've quite liked the videos he did on the Ti99/4, I really felt for him when he was troubleshooitng the Ti99! He's pretty good at explaining stuff, like the Vacuum tube computer he's been making...normally that kind of stuff would got straight over my head, but I manage to follow along...mostly.

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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Gamgee to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Jul 29 2023 09:37 pm

Next question? Siss-op or SISE-op?

The only correct answer is Siss.

Agreed. I mean, it's from System Operator. Just like how GIF is Graphics Interchange Format. I don't understand how people get Sigh-Sop or JIF from those... It's SysOp and GIF.
Of course, I'm likely to start a flamewar! Guess I should be careful :P

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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Gamgee to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Jul 29 2023 09:37 pm

Next question? Siss-op or SISE-op?

The only correct answer is Siss.

Agreed. I mean, it's from System Operator. Just like how GIF is
Graphics Interchange Format. I don't understand how people get
Sigh-Sop or JIF from those... It's SysOp and GIF. Of course, I'm
likely to start a flamewar! Guess I should be careful :P

Yes, there really is no good argument in favor of "Sise-op". It's
"siss-op" for sure.

I'm with you on the GIF one too, I've always pronounced it as GIF (with
a hard G sound) rather than "JIF". But I have a vague memory of
somebody who matters (the author of the GIF format, perhaps?) saying it
was pronounced "JIF". And, the "G" can be pronounced that way (as in
the animal "Giraffe" for example). However, I do and will continue to pronounce it with a hard G. ;-)



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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Aurelius to Gamgee on Sat Dec 30 2023 05:18 am

Agreed. I mean, it's from System Operator. Just like how GIF is Graphics Interchange Format. I don't understand how people get Sigh-Sop or JIF from those... It's SysOp and GIF.

When I first started BBSing and I saw "sysop" and didn't know what it meant, I thought it was "sigh-sop" because of the Y.. But then I learned it's short for "system operator" and its proper pronunciation.

As far as GIF, most of the people I've known pronounce it like "JIF", so that's just how I've pronounced it. And I've heard the creator of the GIF format says that's the way to pronounce it.

I don't know why some people get so upset about how GIF is pronounced.. English tends to be an inconsistent language. For instance, why is the word "vineyard" typically pronounced "vin-yeerd" rather than like the two separate words "vine" "yard"?

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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Aurelius to Gamgee on Sat Dec 30 2023 05:18 am

The only correct answer is Siss.

Agreed. I mean, it's from System Operator. Just like how GIF is Graphics Interchange Format. I don't understand how people get Sigh-Sop or JIF from those... It's SysOp and GIF.

You're right on sysop, but wrong on GIF. The guy who invented GIF says it's pronounced "jiff", so jiff it is. <shrug>
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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Nightfox to Aurelius on Sat Dec 30 2023 08:37 am

When I first started BBSing and I saw "sysop" and didn't know what it meant, I thought it was "sigh-sop" because of the Y.. But then I learned it's short for "system operator" and its proper pronunciation.

it's always been sis-op around my neck of the woods

i dont say it like 'SYESTEMS operator', i say it like 'sistems operator'.

As far as GIF, most of the people I've known pronounce it like "JIF", so that's just how I've pronounced it. And I've heard the creator of the GIF format says that's the way to pronounce it.

i prefer gif pronounced like you got a gift.

I don't know why some people get so upset about how GIF is pronounced.. English tends to be an inconsistent language. For instance, why is the word

the creator of the gif was super pissed off about it. he also wanted
fucking royalties for usage of the format.

"vineyard" typically pronounced "vin-yeerd" rather than like the two separate words "vine" "yard"?

Why do they call it Ovaltine? The mug is round, the jar is round.. they should call it Roundtine.
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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Digital Man to Aurelius on Sat Dec 30 2023 03:24 pm

Agreed. I mean, it's from System Operator. Just like how GIF is Graphics Interchange Format. I don't understand how people get Sigh-Sop or JIF from those... It's SysOp and GIF.

You're right on sysop, but wrong on GIF. The guy who invented GIF says it's pronounced "jiff", so jiff it is. <shrug>

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Re: Hello World!
By: Feoh to Ewing on Wed Dec 20 2023 09:34 am

There's a Youtube channel I've been super enjoying lately called "Usagi Electric".

Did you see he's turned on the Bendix?!

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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Digital Man to Aurelius on Sat Dec 30 2023 03:24 pm

You're right on sysop, but wrong on GIF. The guy who invented GIF says it's pronounced "jiff", so jiff it is. <shrug> --

Lots of inventors have been wrong about their inventions. The slinky was meant to stabilize equipment on ships. Frisbees were pie containers. Play-Doh was made to clean wallpaper.

The GIF guy was wrong about how it's pronnounced. :)

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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: DaiTengu to Digital Man on Sun Dec 31 2023 06:27 pm

Lots of inventors have been wrong about their inventions. The slinky was meant to stabilize equipment on ships. Frisbees were pie containers. Play-Doh was made to clean wallpaper.

I don't think thta means the inventors were 'wrong' about their inventions though. It's just that the invention was intended for one thing and people started using it for something else. But I don't think you can argue with the inventor/creator about what they intended.

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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: DaiTengu to Digital Man on Sun Dec 31 2023 06:27 pm

Lots of inventors have been wrong about their inventions. The slinky was meant to stabilize equipment on ships. Frisbees were pie containers. Play-Doh was made to clean wallpaper.

The GIF guy was wrong about how it's pronnounced. :)

yeah he was wrong from the start. 'graphics' = hard G

maybe he had a peanutbutter obsession.
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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Nightfox to DaiTengu on Sun Dec 31 2023 06:20 pm

Re: Re: Hello World!
By: DaiTengu to Digital Man on Sun Dec 31 2023 06:27 pm

Lots of inventors have been wrong about their inventions. The slinky was meant to stabilize equipment on ships. Frisbees were pie containers. Play-Doh was made to clean wallpaper.

I don't think thta means the inventors were 'wrong' about their inventions though. It's just that the invention was intended for one thing and people started using it for something else. But I don't think you can argue with the inventor/creator about what they intended.

well people are wrong and people do stupid things.

it was stupid to expect people to pronounce gif as JIF. especially when there was a jif format a few years later. why didn't he choose jif? oh because it stands for graphics? graphics is hard G.

just like the lady that named her kid marijuana pepsi, he is wrong.
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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Aurelius to Gamgee on Sat Dec 30 2023 05:18 am

Next question? Siss-op or SISE-op?

The only correct answer is Siss.

Agreed. I mean, it's from System Operator. Just like how GIF is Graphics Interchange Format. I don't understand how people get Sigh-Sop or JIF from those... It's SysOp and GIF.
Of course, I'm likely to start a flamewar! Guess I should be careful :P

To be contrarian, I believe it to be Siss-op and Jif! I have reasons for both and I'm ready to fight to the death!

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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: MRO to Nightfox on Mon Jan 01 2024 03:49 am

it was stupid to expect people to pronounce gif as JIF. especially when there was a jif format a few years later. why didn't he choose jif? oh because it stands for graphics? graphics is hard G.

So you're saying the jif format came LATER, but it's GIF that shouldn't have been pronounced that way first? "jif" is how I've always heard most people pronounce it. And I actually wasn't aware of the jif format until you mentioned it recently.

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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Nightfox to MRO on Mon Jan 01 2024 11:53 am

Re: Re: Hello World!
By: MRO to Nightfox on Mon Jan 01 2024 03:49 am

it was stupid to expect people to pronounce gif as JIF. especially when there was a jif format a few years later. why didn't he choose jif? oh because it stands for graphics? graphics is hard G.

So you're saying the jif format came LATER, but it's GIF that shouldn't have been pronounced that way first? "jif" is how I've always heard most people pronounce it. And I actually wasn't aware of the jif format until you mentioned it recently.

i've always heard people pronounce it GIF like GIFT. NEVER jif
the G in gif is graphics which is hard G.

since a few years later there is Jif graphics format and he was STILL trying to get people to say gif and jif just makes him even more ridiculious.

now we're stupid for still talking about it.
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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Aurelius to Gamgee on Sat Dec 30 2023 05:18 am

those... It's SysOp and GIF.

Supposedly the creator of the format says it's pronounced "JIF". He's obviously a nut bar.

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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Phigan to Aurelius on Tue Jan 02 2024 03:25 am

Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Aurelius to Gamgee on Sat Dec 30 2023 05:18 am

those... It's SysOp and GIF.

Supposedly the creator of the format says it's pronounced "JIF". He's obviously a nut bar.

he probably had a peanutbutter fetish. i feel sorry for his dog.

according to wikipedia, the source of all knowledge, he had a stroke in his mid 50s and stopped working and he died in 2022 of covid.

https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/24311617/stephen-e-wilhite/milford/oh io/megie-funeral-home

http://tinyurl.com/pronouncedhardG

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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: MRO to DaiTengu on Mon Jan 01 2024 03:44 am

Re: Re: Hello World!
By: DaiTengu to Digital Man on Sun Dec 31 2023 06:27 pm

Lots of inventors have been wrong about their inventions. The slinky was meant to stabilize equipment on ships. Frisbees were pie containers. Play-Doh was made to clean wallpaper.

The GIF guy was wrong about how it's pronnounced. :)

yeah he was wrong from the start. 'graphics' = hard G

Acronyms are pronounced by convention, not based on the pronounciation of the words that inspire the initialism. For example, CIM (Common Information Model) is pronounced "sim" not "kim".

The inventors pronounced GIF as "jiff", then in my book, "jiff" is right. No debate about it.

The Qt inventors apparently switched the pronounciation from "cue-tee" to "cute" at some point. So I'm trying (hard) to follow suit.

They guys that create the game make the rules. <shrug>
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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: MRO to DaiTengu on Mon Jan 01 2024 03:44 am

maybe he had a peanutbutter obsession.

I always thought the choosy moms were hot.

https://i.imgur.com/wRk2Qu0.jpeg



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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: MRO to DaiTengu on Mon Jan 01 2024 03:44 am

maybe he had a peanutbutter obsession.

I always thought the choosy moms were hot.

https://i.imgur.com/wRk2Qu0.jpeg

Love it! Perfect! Hahahahaha



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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Digital Man to MRO on Tue Jan 02 2024 03:18 pm

The inventors pronounced GIF as "jiff", then in my book, "jiff" is right. No debate about it.

The Qt inventors apparently switched the pronounciation from "cue-tee" to "cute" at some point. So I'm trying (hard) to follow suit.

They guys that create the game make the rules. <shrug>

I'm pretty sure I pronounce Synchronet right but if you want to have some strange way to say it just let us know :).

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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: The Lizard Master to Digital Man on Thu Jan 04 2024 04:17 am

They guys that create the game make the rules. <shrug>

I'm pretty sure I pronounce Synchronet right but if you want to have some strange way to say it just let us know :).

Pretty sure once I heard him pronounce it "SIGN-KRIZIZZLE-FOSHIZZLE-MAZIZZLE". I've been tryin to go with that one.

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I'm pretty sure I pronounce Synchronet right but if you want to have
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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: poindexter FORTRAN to The Lizard Master on Fri Jan 05 2024 06:23 am

The Lizard Master wrote to Digital Man <=-

I'm pretty sure I pronounce Synchronet right but if you want to have some strange way to say it just let us know :).

"Synchronet is Synchro-NEAT!"

that is about as gay as that blimp
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