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Silly Everyday IT Expressions

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    #21
    It's a secure design.
    "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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      #22
      I had a computer shop for a couple of years earlier this decade and it was fairly normal for people to come in lugging either a PC or a laptop and say, "I hope you can help me with this. I've deleted the internet"
      When freedom comes along, don't PISH in the water supply.....

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        #23
        Originally posted by eek View Post
        Originally Posted by kaiser78
        Our offshore project <name> is running to schedule

        Where is that an everyday expression?
        Err - read the title Silly Everyday IT Expressions.
        Apology accepted !
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          #24
          It's not a change request, it's a clarification.
          "A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It’s the s*** that happens while you’re waiting for moments that never come." -- Lester Freamon

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            #25
            Originally posted by PinkPoshRat View Post
            I once tried to send a visio diagram via email at work. One of those automated security warning emails bounced back to my email, it told me that I was in breach of some security policy. I phoned up the security guys who looked into my visio email attachment. Our 'FAG servers' were the cause of my problem. Their email scans for naughty words, fag being one of them.

            I always love working at US companies
            Planning Cock-Up Over &#039;Erection&#039; Email | Home | Sky News
            "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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              #26
              I had a chap ask me once to 'run a high speed eyeball' over his carefully prepared document...

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                #27
                I remember much sniggering in C++ lectures about "friends having access to your private parts".

                "Zombie process" is something I've been using a lot recently.
                Will work inside IR35. Or for food.

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                  #28
                  Originally posted by VectraMan View Post
                  I remember much sniggering in C++ lectures about "friends having access to your private parts".

                  "Zombie process" is something I've been using a lot recently.
                  I was once asked to write a program to identify and kill "Zombie processes".

                  Since the phrase had no commonly recognised meaning on the operating system concerned, I hadn't a clue what was meant.

                  I never did get to the bottom of it, except it had drifted to the top of somebody's "To Do" list and our department got labelled as being "uncooperative" for not being mind readers.
                  Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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                    #29
                    I constantly have developers asking me "Have you got a time code for this?".

                    Even if I just ask them to grab me a pen from the stationary cupboard whilst they're up there...

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                      #30
                      Bluetooth - it's not blue and it doesn't have teeth

                      (I know it's got something to do with an old king from Norway or somewhere near there)

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