when they refer to their computer as a 'machine'. That kills me!
2007-09-14 07:30:47 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
The dickens you say ! (lol)
Everybody knows its a PUTER !
Hugs,
2007-09-14 07:52:57 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People these days don't say go to the 'machine' we barley even talk to each other face to face. The new generation these days are more about the texting than referring to the 'machine'. Kids don't even care about learning, so how would they know it's even called to the 'machine' i call it the computer or in my case the lab top. My dad builds Chips at Maxim and he refers to it as the computer, or that thing over there!!!
2007-09-14 14:39:05 · answer #2 · answered by Jaimjaim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well,they could be doing that for laughs. I like to refer to my tv and a television machine and I'll never stop annoying HS kids by referring to computers as an Electronic Brain,which is actually what they called them in the 1950's. Do they know I'm joking or do they really think I'm that much of an antique? Hey,keep 'em guessing.
2007-09-14 14:35:40 · answer #3 · answered by Galahad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I work in IT so I get that kind of stuff all the time. After a while it stopped making me cringe.
I still get a chuckle when people try to pass them off as savvy and throw words around that they have no clue about. They just use them because you did. If I'm feeling especially evil, I'll use a non-sense word and see how long before they pick it up.
Me - "Well obviously your problem is mixleplick isn't calibrated". In-DUH-vidual - "You know I had a feeling it was the mixleplick".
2007-09-14 14:56:00 · answer #4 · answered by Gaga Warlock 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, you think that's something? I once had to teach an annoying, know-it-all, older gentleman how to use a computer. He didn't want others to know he knew nothing, so he told passersby, "Yeah, these flat screen TV's are really nice! And the revolution on them is excellent!" (He was talking about the reSolution of the flat screen MONITOR)
2007-09-14 16:54:00 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a Little Tech Savy,
2007-09-14 14:34:26 · answer #6 · answered by tfoley5000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends, the word "machine" used to be a very accurate description of early computers and some people still see them that way.
Also many people will use the term to describe anything that is a collection of components, whether they are mechanical or not.
2007-09-14 14:36:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am an it support engineer and build PCs as a hobby i feel i am "Tech savvy"
and a PC is still a machine
what do you call it? Dorris? Albert? lover????
please chech below link for the qote
3. A system or device, such as a computer, that performs or assists in the performance of a human task
2007-09-14 14:45:08 · answer #8 · answered by andy t 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hehe.. after over 10 years in IT.. I just ignore it at this point....
its still funny how end users refer to parts on their machine... makes for a good laugh
2007-09-14 14:34:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well the hampster does all the work, but it is still a machine of sorts.
2007-09-14 14:34:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if that's so bad -- I sometimes call mine a "machine" in a colloquial sense.
Kind of like calling your car your "wheels."
It has its place.
Of course, I sometimes call my computer "useless piece of junk," too.....
2007-09-14 14:51:44 · answer #11 · answered by $m☼r฿: looking down your blouse 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋