You can view x-rays posted on social media better than you ever did at work...
Kim, you are very bad!
Quote from: hellymedic on 02 February, 2023, 04:09:29 pmYou can view x-rays posted on social media better than you ever did at work...I've suddenly realised those lightbox things for viewing x-ray films have gone the way of the floppy disk drive without anyone really noticing...
You have to tell folk on Twitter how to tell a cooked egg's hardness by spinning it.I thought *everyone* knew this.They don't!
"But there's something you don't know about James. He virtually lives in the socialist cesspit that is Twitter, where he follows not just Sir Starmer but also the deranged London Mayor, Sadiq Khan. He even follows that Cycling Mikey man who rides round London on his children's toy, videotaping anyone in a car who he thinks might be Tory.
Twitter, or the videotape? Meanwhile, I've just learned that the freedb.org CDDB database is no longer a thing. How is my CD player supposed to work out what the tracks are now?This is definitely a middle-aged problem, as can be confirmed by that list of discs.
Quote from: Kim on 08 February, 2023, 06:34:19 pmTwitter, or the videotape? Meanwhile, I've just learned that the freedb.org CDDB database is no longer a thing. How is my CD player supposed to work out what the tracks are now?This is definitely a middle-aged problem, as can be confirmed by that list of discs.Just saw something on Mastodon that I have hopefully just tooted in your direction.
Surely having a CD collection is in itself a sign of middle age? Never mind the Nevermind.
Quote from: quixoticgeek on 10 December, 2022, 11:15:47 pmQuote from: Kim on 02 December, 2022, 05:42:30 pmIs there a linguistic term for the effect where words lose their technical meanings as they become part of everyday vocabulary? 'Digital' is a prime example, but 'FM' probably qualifies.The next one to fall victim to this seems to be 'WiFi', which is losing its IEEE 802.11 implication, to become a generic term for wireless internet access (no longer distinct from cellular connections), or possibly even internet connectivity in general (the perpetrators likely being unaware of wired networking).I recently came across a gootube video of a youngen who had found the secret to a reliable wifi connection for gaming. His secret? An ethernet cable...JInteresting, I found that the best Internet at work is to be founf on the WiFi and not the cable, 20mbps vs 2...I suspect the cabling predates cat 5Sent from my IV2201 using Tapatalk
Quote from: Kim on 02 December, 2022, 05:42:30 pmIs there a linguistic term for the effect where words lose their technical meanings as they become part of everyday vocabulary? 'Digital' is a prime example, but 'FM' probably qualifies.The next one to fall victim to this seems to be 'WiFi', which is losing its IEEE 802.11 implication, to become a generic term for wireless internet access (no longer distinct from cellular connections), or possibly even internet connectivity in general (the perpetrators likely being unaware of wired networking).I recently came across a gootube video of a youngen who had found the secret to a reliable wifi connection for gaming. His secret? An ethernet cable...J
Is there a linguistic term for the effect where words lose their technical meanings as they become part of everyday vocabulary? 'Digital' is a prime example, but 'FM' probably qualifies.The next one to fall victim to this seems to be 'WiFi', which is losing its IEEE 802.11 implication, to become a generic term for wireless internet access (no longer distinct from cellular connections), or possibly even internet connectivity in general (the perpetrators likely being unaware of wired networking).
Lots of people that you know are retiring ...
Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 08 February, 2023, 07:42:19 pmSurely having a CD collection is in itself a sign of middle age? Never mind the Nevermind.Does having a large rack of "vinyls" and the equipment to play them qualify me as a youthful hipster type ?
Quote from: andrewcQuote from: CudzoziemiecSurely having a CD collection is in itself a sign of middle age? Never mind the Nevermind.Does having a large rack of "vinyls" and the equipment to play them qualify me as a youthful hipster type ?No.
Quote from: CudzoziemiecSurely having a CD collection is in itself a sign of middle age? Never mind the Nevermind.Does having a large rack of "vinyls" and the equipment to play them qualify me as a youthful hipster type ?
Quote from: CudzoziemiecQuote from: andrewcQuote from: CudzoziemiecSurely having a CD collection is in itself a sign of middle age? Never mind the Nevermind.Does having a large rack of "vinyls" and the equipment to play them qualify me as a youthful hipster type ?No.Oh. Another delusion shattered. *sniff*
