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Rant: Log Onto WWW...

V

VBboy

Diamond Member
Why do people on the radio and TV (especially in commercials) say "For more information, log onto www..." ?!
You don't log onto a Web site, you visit a Web site, or you "check it out".

It just sounds weird... "Log onto www.abc.com", for example.
Am I alone on this issue?
 
There was one news magazine that said "You can e-mail us at abcnews.com" and that kind of bothered me.
I think you are being a little bit nitpicky over the way the phrase is used 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Jzero
There was one news magazine that said "You can e-mail us at abcnews.com" and that kind of bothered me.
I think you are being a little bit nitpicky over the way the phrase is used 🙂
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A friend of mine showed me a warranty registration card with that said "Your E-mail address: www." (and you would fill in the rest)
 
well i do have a reason for the "log onto" bit...
back in the day you actually had to dial up and log onto the internet, so it just was shortened to "log onto www.haveacow.com"
these days w/ most broadband connections being always on it seems stupid
but once they start saying something and everyone knows what it means you can't do anything about it...

Josh

PS on an unrelated note, i am glad to see that Win Media Player just popped up like it always does randomly while typing this message, probably need to talk to MS about that one...

edit: can't spell
 
Originally posted by: SocrPlyr
well i do have a reason for the "log onto" bit...
back in the day you actually had to dial up and log onto the internet, so it just was shortened to "log onto www.haveacow.com"
these days w/ most broadband connections being always on it seems stupid
but once they start saying something and everyone knows what it means you can't do anything about it...

Josh

PS on an unrelated note, i am glad to see that Win Media Player just popped up like it always does randomly while typing this message, probably need to talk to MS about that one...
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🙂 What do you mean, it just popped up?! It does that on your machine? Hmm. Was it playing something in background?
 
<Butthead>Huh, Huh... He said, Log...</Butthead>

It does sound kind of dumb, but in the old days you did have to log on.
 
Originally posted by: Millennium
Originally posted by: notfred
you log onto this website.
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Not me. I have autologin on. So my computer, and not me logs on. Sorry I had to nitpick a nitpicker.
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The logon process still occured at some point! 😛
 
Dear:

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[ ] Flamebait
[ ] Jackass
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[ ] Asterik-laden adjective
[X] Pointless Thread Starter

You Are Being Flamed Because:

[ ] You continued a long, stupid thread
[ ] You said "me too" to something or "Send ______"
[ ] You asked for w@rez
[ ] You don't know what you're talking about
[ ] You posted a thread that deserved pics, and no pics were found
[ ] You posted "postcount++" or any variation
[ ] You suck
[ ] You posted one of the reposts from hell.
[ ] Your post title has nothing to do with the content
[ ] You complained about something you got for free/low cost
[ ] You are not the grammer police
[ ] You hate the U.S. or its policies yet will not leave
[ ] You started a flamewar thread
[X] You are b!tching about something you have no right to b!tch about
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[ ] You like ricers
[ ] You are a ricer
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[ ] You tried to build a system even though you have NO clue how to do it
[ ] Your sig/alias sucks
[ ] You did not listen to a smarter member or ignored advice
[ ] You need use the damn search button
[ ] You posted in the wrong forum
[ ] You said any version of "repost" This is allowed sometimes but not this time
[ ] You posted something totally uninteresting
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[ ] You posted "FIRST POST!"
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To Repent, You Must:

[ ] Give up your AOL/Euronet/MSN/Planet Internet account
[ ] Bust up your modem with a hammer and eat it
[ ] Jump into a bathtub while holding your monitor
[ ] Actually post something relevant
[X] Listen to Moonbeam for 3 hours
[ ] Become friends with Red Dawn
[ ] Pry the Caps Lock and Shift keys from your keyboard
[ ] Read the damned FAQ
[ ] Post some damn pics
[ ] Go hug your parents right now
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[ ] Repenting is not possible. you are banned.
[ ] Use the damned search function
[ ] Post in the right damned forum
[ ] Put your car into a crusher
[ ] Apologize to everybody on these boards
[ ] Actually leave the boards for good
[ ] Perform sexual favors on the Mods

Thank you.
 
Originally posted by: Evadman

Dear:
[X] Pointless Thread Starter
...
Thank you.
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Wow, good thing we didn't have you in our communications class for the professor. You'd shut everyone up and give us F's
 
It's from the Family Guy. There's an episode where Peter buys a new car. It's a lemon, so he gets the mob to steal him a car. It looks like a Mercedes and has one of those onboard computers in it. He's playing with the language settings and turns it to the Russian (it's not really that, but it's close I think)... Anyways, the voice comes on and says:

"In Soviet Russia, car drives you!"

Later in the episode he's trying to find directions to the Godfather's daughter's wedding. He's coming up to a fork in the road:

"In Soviet Russia, road forks you!"

😀
 
Originally posted by: VBboy
Originally posted by: Evadman

Dear:
[X] Pointless Thread Starter
...
Thank you.
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Wow, good thing we didn't have you in our communications class for the professor. You'd shut everyone up and give us F's
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No Doubt. 😛
 
Originally posted by: silverpig
It's from the Family Guy. There's an episode where Peter buys a new car. It's a lemon, so he gets the mob to steal him a car. It looks like a Mercedes and has one of those onboard computers in it. He's playing with the language settings and turns it to the Russian (it's not really that, but it's close I think)... Anyways, the voice comes on and says:

"In Soviet Russia, car drives you!"

Later in the episode he's trying to find directions to the Godfather's daughter's wedding. He's coming up to a fork in the road:

"In Soviet Russia, road forks you!"

😀
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Yahoo likes it too.
 
Originally posted by: MisterPresident
Originally posted by: silverpig
It's from the Family Guy. There's an episode where Peter buys a new car. It's a lemon, so he gets the mob to steal him a car. It looks like a Mercedes and has one of those onboard computers in it. He's playing with the language settings and turns it to the Russian (it's not really that, but it's close I think)... Anyways, the voice comes on and says:

"In Soviet Russia, car drives you!"

Later in the episode he's trying to find directions to the Godfather's daughter's wedding. He's coming up to a fork in the road:

"In Soviet Russia, road forks you!"

😀
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Yahoo likes it too.
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Bwahhhhhh 😀

Cheers,
Aquaman
 
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