Ah, the computer age.....
>>Remember When...
> >
> > A computer was something on t.v.
> > from a science fiction show of note
> > A window was something you hated to clean
> > and ram was the cousin of a goat
> >
> > Meg was the name of my girlfriend
> > and gig was a job for the nights
> > now they all mean different things
> > and that really mega bytes
> >
> > An application was for employment
> > A program was a t.v. show
> > A cursor used profanity
> > A keyboard was a piano
> >
> > Memory was something that you lost with age
> > A CD was a bank account
> > And if you had a 3" floppy
> > you hoped nobody found out
> >
> > Compress was something you did to the garbage
> > Not something you did to a file
> > And if you unzipped anything in public
> > you'd be in jail for awhile
> > Log on was adding wood to the fire
> > Hard drive was a long trip on the road
> > A mouse pad was where a mouse lived
> > And a backup happened in your commode
> >
> > Cut you did with a pocket knife
> > Paste you did with glue
> > A web site was a spider's home
> > and a virus was the flu
> >
> > I guess I'll stick to my pad and paper
> > And the memory in my head
> > I hear nobody's been killed in a computer crash
> > But when it happens they wish they were dead >>
Received on Thu Nov 11 1999 - 16:41:06 GMT
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