T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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405.1 | Technical Documentation | SLOVAX::HASLAM | Creativity Unlimited | Wed Jan 18 1989 18:53 | 6 |
| Technical Documentation as defined by a college librarian:
"Sominex in print."
:) Barb
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405.2 | Accounting | SLOVAX::HASLAM | Creativity Unlimited | Wed Jan 18 1989 18:58 | 6 |
| My personal definition of accounting...
Accounting is like eating crackers in the middle of the Sahara with
no water.
Barb
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405.3 | | CSC32::WOLBACH | | Wed Jan 18 1989 20:19 | 8 |
|
One who misuses words when speaking, or cannot get a point
across vocally :
Verbal Illiteracy
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405.4 | Is this definition all wet? | VMSSG::MAGOON | Village idiot | Wed Jan 18 1989 21:58 | 3 |
|
Boat: a hole in the water surrounded by fiberglass into
which you throw money.
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405.5 | | LEZAH::BOBBITT | persistence of vision | Thu Jan 19 1989 10:26 | 17 |
| Documenting new products is like changing all four tires on a moving
car.....
or, said about an egotistical person, "if I could buy them for what
I think they're worth, and sell them for what they think they're
worth, I'd be very very wealthy..."
falling asleep over your books the night before the big exam was
called "learning by osmosis"
particularly cute are also:
caterpillars: upholstered worms
rhubarb: celery with high blood pressure
-Jody
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405.6 | Whereas we... | REGENT::BROOMHEAD | Don't panic -- yet. | Thu Jan 19 1989 12:09 | 5 |
| Requirement for amiable use of IBM equipment:
System-friendly user.
Ann B.
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405.7 | Domestic Engineer my foot! | DISCVR::SECRETARY | | Thu Jan 19 1989 12:32 | 4 |
| When frowned upon by others because you work at home, inform the
ignoramus...
The President of the United States works at home!
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405.8 | A definitive description | MEWVAX::AUGUSTINE | Purple power! | Thu Jan 19 1989 12:43 | 6 |
| I recently heard this definition:
Elf is a distributed program whose purpose is to print a message
on your screen that says
"Currently no ELF Servers available to process user requests"
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405.9 | | HAMSTR::IRLBACHER | | Fri Jan 20 1989 11:45 | 9 |
| I was told this once by an Episcopal priest--a definition
of the difference between death and divorce.
Although the sorrow could be the same, in death one was
assured of where the body was. In divorce, too often the
body kept turning up.
M
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405.10 | baby | USEM::DONOVAN | | Mon Jan 23 1989 10:39 | 4 |
| BABY: A tiny bundle of joy who can make grown ups act like
blithering idiots.
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405.11 | "Because it feels so good when I stop. . ." | HANDY::MALLETT | Barking Spider r me | Thu Jan 26 1989 11:30 | 9 |
|
PROGRAM -- 1. (noun) A magic spell cast over a computer to enable
it to turn your input into error messages.
2. (v.t.) A pastime similar to banging your head against
a wall but with fewer opportunities for reward.
Steve (with thanx to network friends who sent the above)
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405.12 | Owned by two cats | SCRUZ::CORDES_JA | Clogging is my life! | Tue Feb 14 1989 22:10 | 8 |
| CAT: A pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human
beings.
--Oliver Herford
Jan
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405.13 | A REAL MAN | WILLEE::HAMMOND | | Thu Mar 02 1989 15:17 | 3 |
| A REAL MAN
"IT TAKES MORE THAN A TATTOO AND THE RIGHT CIGARETTE"
- BOSTON (THE BAND)
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