Post by The Shootist on May 23, 2006 11:17:52 GMT -5
encarta.msn.com/encnet/departments/elearning/?article=Business_Buzzwords
That is an article on MSN about office buzzwords. I've got a few problems with it, which I shall share with you- the unwilling.
First, just so you know:
I work as a computer programmer, and an Oracle DBA (Database Administrator). I've been involved in computers, and the computer industry- as a programmer- for about 10 years now. I've been a computer user for about 15 years. In other words, I know what I'm talking about when it comes to computers- and when I don't, I can lie really really well. ;D
So, I say we come up with our own terms for these people, and people who use these words in the way defined in the MSN article.
That is an article on MSN about office buzzwords. I've got a few problems with it, which I shall share with you- the unwilling.
First, just so you know:
I work as a computer programmer, and an Oracle DBA (Database Administrator). I've been involved in computers, and the computer industry- as a programmer- for about 10 years now. I've been a computer user for about 15 years. In other words, I know what I'm talking about when it comes to computers- and when I don't, I can lie really really well. ;D
- They don't actually define some of the words! (Like "drive")
- Of the 10 words they "define", I've only heard of 5 of them
- Of those 5, they use none of them in they way I'd heard of them.
- Of those 5, only 1 even references what it actually means. That is "defrag", which means to rearrange the structure of files stored on a permanent media (i.e. a hard drive).
- On "ping" they skip over it's computer/office related term, and go all the way back to it's SONAR term! PING: Packet Internet Groper. A utility that forwards data packets to check the quality of a link or verify the connection of a machine to the Internet.
www.education-world.com/help/glossary.shtml - They sorta get "offline" right. Offline: Not on the internet, or a network. Can also mean not on a computer, or simply Not Working. "The furnace is offline."
- They seem to have forgotten to define "drive" and they've left out it's most ubiquitous usage. Drive: motivation, or self-discipline "You, have no drive." Also, a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) is often refered to as a "hard drive" or a "drive". "Goto the C drive."
- Also, they're a bunch of fucks for making up words and defining them. Bastards!
So, I say we come up with our own terms for these people, and people who use these words in the way defined in the MSN article.
- Poser: [n/adj] One who acts like someone, or something, they are not. "Whoever wrote that MSN article is a fucking poser!"
- Cumguzzler: [n/adj] One who drinks profuse amounts of male semen. "She who participates in bukkake tends to be a cumguzzler."
- Suck: [n/v/adj] To create a partial vacuum with the mouth. "Suck this, you cumguzzling poser!" The mouth "Shut your suck!" (with "the") Anything that is generally referred to as the "Second", "Welcome to the Suck [Platoon]."
- Human: [adj] those individuals, collectively refered to as "people", who only exist to piss me off.