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End of the year. Time to relax a little.
I have a spelling checker
It came with my PC
It highlights for my review
Mistakes I cannot sea.
I ran this poem thru it
I’m sure your pleased to no
Its letter perfect in it’s weigh
My checker told me sew.
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A computer programmer and an engineer were sitting next to each other on a long plane flight. The programmer asked the engineer to play a game. The engineer wanted to nap, politely declined, and rolled over to the window to sleep. The programmer persisted, explaining the game was easy and fun. “I ask you a question and if you don’t know the answer, you pay me $5. Then you ask me a question. If I don’t know the answer I pay you $5.”
The engineer politely declined and tried to sleep. The programmer, somewhat agitated, said, “OK, if you don’t know the answer you pay me $5. If I don’t know the answer I pay you $50!” That catches the engineer’s attention and seeing no end to the torment without playing, agreed to play the game.
The programmer asked the first question. “What’s the distance from the earth to the moon?” The engineer didn’t say a word and handed $5 to the programmer.
The engineer asked the programmer, “What goes up a hill with three legs and comes down on four?” The programmer was puzzled. Using a laptop computer and searching many online references, the programmer became frustrated. Emails to friends and co-workers all failed to help.
After about an hour the programmer awakened the engineer and paid $50. The engineer politely accepted the money and turned away to sleep. The programmer, a little miffed, shook the engineer and asked, “Well, what’s the answer?” Without a word, the engineer handed the programmer $5 and turned away to return to sleep.
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12 Step Recovery Program For Web Addicts
- I will have a cup of coffee in the morning and read my paper newspaper like I used to, before the Web.
- I will eat breakfast with a knife and fork and not with one hand typing.
- I will get dressed before noon.
- I will clean the house, wash clothes, and plan dinner before even thinking of the Web.
- I will sit down and write a letter to those unfortunate few friends and family that are Web-deprived.
- I will call someone on the phone who I cannot contact via the Web.
- I will read a book…if I still remember how.
- I will listen to those around me about their needs and stop telling them to turn the TV down so I can hear the music on the Web.
- I will not be tempted during TV commercials to check for email.
- I will try and get out of the house at least once a week, if it is necessary or not.
- I will remember that my bank is not forgiving if I forget to balance my checkbook because I was too busy on the Web.
- I will remember that I must go to bed sometime…and the Web will always be there tomorrow!
Technical trivia: Before the World Wide Web existed, most Internet access was private. Public access was provided through online services, the forerunner of the modern Internet Service Provider. The most popular online services were Compuserve and AOL. Other such services included Delphi, GEnie, and MCI Mail.
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