Technology for dummies!

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » April 24, 2003, 9:26 am

gonna let all of you experience this MIND NUMBING computer class for dummies! We get to be taught DOS!

"Type mkdir test. This is the same as making a new folder in windows (which he showed us how to do, WHEW). Did everyone make a directory?"

"Test was already in use"

"Ok, just name it whatever you want. To rename a directory, type rename, then a space.. then type the current directories name, then another space. Now, type in the new name you want and hit enter. That automatically (automagically??) changes the name of the directory for you."

Ok that's enough of that. One thing tho. Is this guy the only guy that pronounce GUI, "GOOEY"?? Driving me fucking INSANE.

Cartalas · Post by **Cartalas** » April 24, 2003, 9:31 am

I miss Dos

, I use to love those 18 1.4 meg floppy installs of Leisure Suit Larry, Ah Sierra games were the bomb.

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » April 24, 2003, 9:37 am

I miss DOS too, I felt like a pro in it.

KILL ME OR THIS GUY, EITHER ONE WORKS.

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » April 24, 2003, 9:41 am

He just explained copy to us. He demonstrated it with pieces of paper "duplicating" aka copy. Ahh may zing! Now delete that file you just copied.. I'll start you off with a hint, the command is del.

And to show this isn't a completely useless course for some people, there's one girl who is fucking everything up. Ahh, humanity, how I love your fickle sense of humour.

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » April 24, 2003, 9:41 am

Dregor Thule wrote:Ok that's enough of that. One thing tho. Is this guy the only guy that pronounce GUI, "GOOEY"?? Driving me fucking INSANE.

He's not the only one that pronounces it this way. A lot of people do.

Old DOS ruled. Being in a class about DOS when you know more about it than the teacher sucks.

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » April 24, 2003, 9:44 am

Weird, I just say the letters. Gee You Eye! I'd feel like a tard saying gooey for it.

"Here's a handy trick that's really handy."

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » April 24, 2003, 10:07 am

I never use gooey either. Hate it.

On a side note, I saw the display on the new iMac. Would be cool is Apple decided to make those monitors for PC users. That thing is sweet.

Deward · Post by **Deward** » April 24, 2003, 10:56 am

I have never heard it called by its letters. "Gooey" is pretty common pronunciation in the real world.

Deward

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » April 24, 2003, 11:02 am

Old DOS ruled?

yeah i think not being able to address more than 800k of memory is the mark of a truly great operating system.

god i had to use a DOS ap at work up until 98 or so, jeezus fuckin christ thank god those days are over.

the dos command line sucks as well by the way.

i have never seen a text editor worth a shit for dos either.

one of Windows biggest problems is lack of a useful command line (perhaps this has been remedied in XP, but i assumed it wasnt).

anyway, no coffee yet, so...

yeah, and at least in the US, "gooey" is standard usage from my experience.

ZigginSwigalot · Post by **ZigginSwigalot** » April 24, 2003, 11:57 am

that's how my old BASIC teacher called GUI's too. confused the hell out of me because i never heard it called that before.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » April 24, 2003, 12:16 pm

I suggest you use your dead time to scam on one of the hot, clueless chicks. You could polish up her CLI, and she could polish your hard drive

Ennia · Post by **Ennia** » April 24, 2003, 12:43 pm

Huey Louie and GUI

Lalanae · Post by **Lalanae** » April 24, 2003, 12:47 pm

Deward wrote:I have never heard it called by its letters. "Gooey" is pretty common pronunciation in the real world.

Deward

same here. I work with HP engineers and they always say "gooey..."

Post by **Sylvus** » April 24, 2003, 12:50 pm

You know, that just made me realize that I always say "Gooey" when referencing GUI but if I'm talking about a user interface I usually say "You Eye".

Perhaps I should start saying "Ooey".

Ahmik · Post by **Ahmik** » April 24, 2003, 1:14 pm

heh, I hate the way people pronounce shit...

One teacher with 20 years of programming experience also teaches Unix / Linex and he pronounces everthing with a hard "g"/ Gah-Nome, Gah-Nu, Gah-nibbles etc... he is clueless...

Another teacher was discussing subnetting and how you need to borrow bits to determine usable hosts and usable subnets... this guy spent an entire semester saying bowwer rather than borrow... the whole class would sit there and snicker... he never figured it out... THis same guy teaches DOS... he never says dos... he says D.O.S.

one teacher pronounces SQL as Sequel... One of my freinds calls it Squeal, I call it Squirrel...

and I HATE gooey...

vn_Tanc · Post by **vn_Tanc** » April 24, 2003, 1:52 pm

It IS 'Gooey' (unless your the coder I work with who's been living in Freedom for the last 7 years and promounces it 'Ghee' - how fucked up is that!?!?!?)

No way is it "Sequel" though. That would be silly.

Still, wizzy wig, motherfuckers.

Sirensa · Post by **Sirensa** » April 24, 2003, 1:56 pm

One of the guys I work with calls a router a "roooter". Drives me bonkers. Took me awhile to even understand what he was talking about the first time he did it.

vn_Tanc · Post by **vn_Tanc** » April 24, 2003, 1:58 pm

But "Rooter" is the correct pronunciation!

"Rowting" is something one does to one's enemies' armies.

While I'm here you can all learn to pronounce "en route" properly. ENROWT is a silly american term. Try "On Root" and you're closer to being understood by the rest of teh world!!

Sirensa · Post by **Sirensa** » April 24, 2003, 2:07 pm

vn_Tanc wrote:But "Rooter" is the correct pronunciation!

"Rowting" is something one does to one's enemies' armies.

While I'm here you can all learn to pronounce "en route" properly. ENROWT is a silly american term. Try "On Root" and you're closer to being understood by the rest of teh world!!

The fuck you say...

And I do say "en root".

Lalanae · Post by **Lalanae** » April 24, 2003, 2:09 pm

"rooter" sounds incredibly dumb. I've never heard anyone say it that way anyway.

Fattyfat · Post by **Fattyfat** » April 24, 2003, 2:12 pm

all i can say is

EXPANDED MEMORY!!!!!!!!

Hayley · Post by **Hayley** » April 24, 2003, 2:17 pm

Well I always say "gooey" and "sequel" in place for GUI and SQL respectively. Call me lazy for saving a syllable *shrug*

Post by **Sylvus** » April 24, 2003, 2:23 pm

I went to a conference once and one of the speakers kept pronouncing boolean as "Boo-leen" with 2 syllables, that really bugged the hell out of me.

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » April 24, 2003, 2:31 pm

Sylvus wrote:I went to a conference once and one of the speakers kept pronouncing boolean as "Boo-leen" with 2 syllables, that really bugged the hell out of me.

It's just like Lean Cuisine. =P

I use boo-lee-an myself. I spell out SQL and I never call it GUI or Gooey, I call each graphical interface by name.

Hayley · Post by **Hayley** » April 24, 2003, 5:53 pm

Oh yeah...for those that think it's like a mortal sin to say "sequel" instead of S Q L

http://www.netlingo.com/lookup.cfm?term=SQL

Arborealus · Post by **Arborealus** » April 24, 2003, 10:13 pm

Gooey

You Eye

Sequel though I'll say Ess Q Ell about 50% of the time...Know a few folks who call it squeal...always thought that was them fondly reminiscing about Deliverance...

And Boolean definitely has 3 syllables...Hrmmm is it sizzlean or sizz lee an...

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » April 24, 2003, 10:22 pm

I'll never refer to it as gooey, would never call SQL sequel or squeal, and I'll call a router a rowter and en route "en root" (yes, I pronounce en as it should be, french, not "on".) Hell.. gooey makes more sense than sequel for SQL... that's just silly talk!

And yea, boo-lee-an.

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » April 24, 2003, 10:41 pm

As a SQL Server DBA, I just call the language S-Q-L and the server "that fucking thing that seems to work better than all the other Microsoft enterprise doohickeys"

Spangaloid_PE · Post by **Spangaloid_PE** » April 24, 2003, 10:47 pm

i've always pronounced GUI, gooey. as has anyone i have ever worked with or for.

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » April 24, 2003, 11:00 pm

In the year I was going to college for programming, every single one of my classmates , instructors and so on called SQL sequel. But, It could be in the same class as confused people from other states asking you if you want a "sack" instead of a bag at stores, which bothers the hell out of me..

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