Is the term 'Computer' out of date?

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nakedfrog

No Lifer
Apr 3, 2001
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Originally posted by: meltdown75
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: meltdown75
Originally posted by: scorpmatt
Originally posted by: meltdown75
What would you rename it as?

Sheila.

My next computer is going to be named and called Veera

Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?

Remember how she said we would meet again, some sunny day?

VERA!! VERA!! What has become of you?! :) shameless threadjacking! ;)

Does anybody else in here feel the way I do?

People give you the strangest looks when you're blasting "Bringing the Boys Back Home" in your car :p
 

rh71

No Lifer
Aug 28, 2001
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it will forever be known as the computer. As long as no one calls it a CPU or harddrive, that's fine by me.
 

So

Lifer
Jul 2, 2001
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Does it not compute any more?

:confused:

It's just as much of a computer as ever, n00b.
 

Byte

Platinum Member
Mar 8, 2000
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I call mine a Dell....BOOM..(faint voice from hell: it was a joke! really!)
 

Schadenfroh

Elite Member
Mar 8, 2003
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Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: meltdown75
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: meltdown75
Originally posted by: scorpmatt
Originally posted by: meltdown75
What would you rename it as?

Sheila.

My next computer is going to be named and called Veera

Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?

Remember how she said we would meet again, some sunny day?

VERA!! VERA!! What has become of you?! :) shameless threadjacking! ;)

Does anybody else in here feel the way I do?

People give you the strangest looks when you're blasting "Bringing the Boys Back Home" in your car :p

/begins to play the drums in the intro of BTBBH
 

mi xiao

Senior member
Jun 18, 2005
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yeah.

yesterday a co-worker rolled their eyes at me because i used the word "computer" instead of "laptop."