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Common

Some funny articles couldn't be categorized into the main categories. So they are collected here.

Converting pi to binary: Don't do it!

Warning: Do not calculate Pi in binary. It is conjectured that this number is normal, meaning that it contains all finite bit strings.

What if IT companies made toasters?

A comparison between Sun Microsystems, DEC, SAP, Microsoft, Apple.

The Perfect Computer

by Flynn 1000101

Where Do Deleted Characters Go?

Where do the characters go when I use my backspace or delete them on my PC?

Gifts For the Computer Addict

Are you having a hard time finding the right gift for the computer addict whose PC has everything? Not another Dilbert necktie, or King's Quest XLVIII. Try one of these.

Aufklärung heute

Smilies

;-)

The Computer Expert's Glossary

You might be an engineer if

A checklist to find out, if you're en engineer or not.

Computer Sex

The Computer at stonehenge

Horizons in Computer Science Educational Technology

Recent studies have shown that while undergraduate students are more intelligent than kindergarten students, the mentality and attention span of the two groups are similar. With this in mind, we introduce a new concept in Computer Science education.

PC für Senioren

Neuer Computer

Computer genesis

In the beginning, God created the bit. And the bit was a zero; nothing. On the first day, He toggled the 0 to 1, and the Universe was. (In those days, bootstrap loaders were simple, and "active low" signals didn't yet exist.)

Changing a lightbulb

The biggest Lies

Hard- and Software Lies

Just some small computer jokes

Y2K Compliant

Blonde secretary's memo to her boss

Computer Terms

Ass Icons

We all know those cute little computer symbols called "emoticons," where :) means a smile and :( is a frown. Sometimes these are represented by :-) and :-( respectively. Well, how about some "ass icons"?

50 Ways To Confuse People In The Computer Lab

50 and more ways to confuse, worry, or just scare the bejeezus out of people in the computer lab.

The Top 50+ Geek T-Shirt Slogans

Computer Knowledge

I recently finished up teaching Comp 4, the computer literacy course here at UNC, during a compressed summer session. Comp 4 is an introductory class that assumes NO knowledge of computers among its students, and believe me when I say that this was often the case.

Remember when...

A computer was something on TV from a science fiction show of note and windows were something you hated to clean and ram, the cousin of a goat.

What if Dr. Seuss did technical writing?

Ten signs that you're under stress.

Three Beggars

Three beggars are begging in Metropolis... The first one wrote "beg" on his broken steel cup. After one day he had received ten bucks...

Computer Abbreviations

The Devil and WM Webster

WM, publishers of the first American English Dictionary have announced a breakthrough using Trusted MegoPosh computer technology.

Top 10 stupid things that you shouldn't do to your computer

If you ever liked to know, what not to do with your computer, here it is.

Informatiker sind die besten Überlebenskünstler

Ehe der grosse Stop kam

Der moderne Bleistift

The Night Before Startup

'Twas the night before startup, and all through the house, not a program was working, there clicked not a mouse...

La bustina di Minerva (Espresso)

The following excerpts are from an English translation of Umberto Eco's back-page column "La bustina di Minerva."

When you know it's time to get away from computers for a while

Quotations and fatal mistakes

IT relevant quotations of several people who made some fatal mistakes.

Jokes

Wife 1.0

Last year a friend of mine upgraded GirlFriend 1.0 to Wife 1.0 and found that it's a memory hog leaving very little system resources for other applications.

Newly discovered viruses

This is a list of newly discovered viruses.

Toaster

120 Millionen Leerzeichen

Sayings

This page contains some funny sayings about the computer world.

Der Quake-Test

Quake Humor

Question and answers

Several funny questions and answers about computers.

Interpretationshilfen für Werbetexte in der IT

Computer Gebete

Fachbegriffe leicht erklärt

Husband 1.0

There are a lot of pressures to upgrade from Boyfriend 6.0 to Husband 1.0. However before doing so make sure you understand the implications of this change...

Computerlexikon

Computerlexikon 2

Gender of computers

Here are the top ten arguments why computers must be male or female.

Erläuterung Buch

Virus Warning!

If you receive an email entitled "Badtimes", delete it immediately. Do not open it. Apparently this one is pretty nasty.

Du weißt, dass Du zuviel DOOM gespielt hast, wenn....

Rotkäppchen für Computerfans

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