Netspeak - A New Language

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LOG ON:                     Adding wood to make the barbie hotter.
LOG OFF:                    Not adding any more wood to the barbie.
MONITOR:                    Keeping an eye on the barbie.
DOWNLOAD:                   Getting the firewood off the Ute.
HARD DRIVE:                 Making the trip back home without any cold tinnies.
KEYBOARD:                   Where you hang the Ute keys.
WINDOW:                     What you shut when the weather's cold.
SCREEN:                     What you shut in the mozzie season.
BYTE:                       What mozzies do.
MEGABYTE:                   What Townsville mozzies do..
CHIP:                       A bar snack.
MICROCHIP:                  What's left in the bag after you've eaten the chips.
MODEM:                      What you did to the lawns.
LAPTOP:                     Where the cat sleeps..
SOFTWARE:                   Plastic knives & forks you get at Red Rooster.
HARDWARE:                   Stainless steel knives & forks - from K-Mart.
MOUSE:                      The small rodent that eats the[/undefined] grain in the shed.
MAINFRAME:                  What holds the shed up.
WEB:                        What spiders make.
WEBSITE:                    Usually in the shed or under the verandah.
SEARCH ENGINE:              What you do when the Ute won't go.
CURSOR:                     What you say when the Ute won't go.
YAHOO:                      What you say when the Ute does go.
UPGRADE:                    A steep hill.
SERVER:                     The person at the pub who brings out the counter lunch.
MAIL SERVER:                The bloke at the pub who brings out the counterlunch.
USER:                       The neighbour who keeps borrowing things.
NETWORK:                    What you do when you need to repair the fishing net.
INTERNET:                   Where you want the fish to go.
 
NETSCAPE:                What the fish do when they discover the hole in the net.
ONLINE:                  Where you hang the washing.
OFFLINE:                 Where the washing ends up when the pegs aren't strong  enough
 

[Pedro]

Those were the days !

Pedro

[Australian coin]

thankyou :thank_you:

[WavyTwenty]

Does anyone else remember Netscape?  That was quite a while ago...

[Graham]

I remember using Netscape.  I also remember using 8" floppy disks (80K).

[markn]

Does anyone else remember Netscape?  That was quite a while ago...

I remember using Mosaic (which was Netscapes ancestor) on a vax workstation at University late at night in 1994.

[Fordprefect]

I remember using Mosaic (which was Netscapes ancestor)

And prior to Mosaic was Chameleon,
and prior to Chameleon was Blink.
Prior to Blink you used Unix text interface
If you could find an access portal.
Prior to the Internet one used Blue Dog reader to access
various BBS groups.

I'm old and grumpy :yahoo:

[WavyTwenty]

I remember using Mosaic (which was Netscapes ancestor)

And prior to Mosaic was Chameleon,
and prior to Chameleon was Blink.
Prior to Blink you used Unix text interface
If you could find an access portal.
Prior to the Internet one used Blue Dog reader to access
various BBS groups.

Yeah - and to think that before that we spoke to each other.  That sounds so old fashioned now....

Wavy20

Yes, yes, I know - they are aimed at different ways of distributing information - but a bit of kazam to an otherwise not so exciting post of mine always helps.  Using a Newspaper would have been more accurate, I think.