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    The 10 Most Confusing Terms in Tech Are Mostly Unneeded Anyway
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    04/27/09

    In reply to The 10 Most Confusing Terms in Tech Are Mostly Unneeded Anyway
    One thing that I have encountered as very confusing to tech newbies is the word "flash".


    There are at least 3 different meanings.


    Flash memory
    Flash a BIOS
    Adobe Flash

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    04/27/09

    @exploded: just don't use it with "elementary school"
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    04/27/09

    In reply to The 10 Most Confusing Terms in Tech Are Mostly Unneeded Anyway
    I get a lot of offers for cookies, and I always accept. I mean, who wouldn't? Anyway, I have yet to receive any. I must need to update my address or somthing.
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    04/27/09

    @elementary: nah, you just have to get in the van. it's ok. you're mother sent us to come get you. wanna see a dongle?
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    04/27/09

    In reply to The 10 Most Confusing Terms in Tech Are Mostly Unneeded Anyway
    What I concluded after reading this list are: 1) People are confused about everything tech-related, 2) Therefore, this list is just comprised of the most common tech-related words.


    I mean, "Desktop"? "Ethernet"? Seriously?

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    04/27/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: The ethernet is that thing you use to catch the etherbunny
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    04/27/09

    In reply to The 10 Most Confusing Terms in Tech Are Mostly Unneeded Anyway
    Confusingly enough the PC Suite isn't just a nokia thing, they just linked to the nokia wiki for it.


    Theres LG ones, Sony, etc.

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    04/27/09

    @tande04: Yeah most phone manufacturers that include PC/Mac software will refer to that software as their "PC Suite", I even got a "PC Suite" with my Sprint Touch Pro, all it really included was a user manual pdf, an outdated copy of ActiveSync, and the Win98SE USB driver...


    sheesh.

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    04/27/09

    In reply to The 10 Most Confusing Terms in Tech Are Mostly Unneeded Anyway
    Of course, these are only the 10 most confusing terms in tech out of a total sample of 11 terms, that also included "television set." I guess most people know what that means.
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    04/27/09

    In reply to The 10 Most Confusing Terms in Tech Are Mostly Unneeded Anyway
    Anti-malware programs have my father believing that cookies were as bad as viruses.
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    04/27/09

    @DeadWriter: They seem to know where I keep my cookies...


    We need a lock for the pantry...

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    04/28/09

    @DeadWriter:
    Some are, but it's pretty much impossible to surf many sites without letting some sort of beningn cookie land on your system, particularly if you want to submit information by some sort of posting system (such as this). The only site I can think of where you can post sans cookies is Lugnet.com.
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    04/27/09

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    i'm not telling my grandma what a dongle is. she'd wash my mouth out with soap.
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    04/27/09

    @drewheyman: "It... it ...it was... soap POISONING!"
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    04/27/09

    @Xeno wishes there was a preview button: You'll shoot your eye out, kid.
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    04/27/09

    @drewheyman: Grandma, your incontinence doesn't have anything to do with hitting "Ctrl+P" to print that email...


    No grandma you don't have to apologize to me for not being able to control your pee... Do you want me to help you print that email? Then stop talking about your pee.


    That's it, I'm hanging up...

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