Monday, 13 April 2015

Bewildered of Devizes

To me, a gigabyte sounds just
Like something that you eat.
A cookie is a biscuit, and
A ram, a kind of sheep.

And widgets? What the hell are those?
My mum served spam for tea.
Software's not really soft at all,
And what's an ISP?


Computer-speak is great for those
Who find these things amusing.
But as for me, I merely find it
Terribly confusing.

14 comments:

  1. You need an updated CPU. They aren't expensive.

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    1. My CPUs are all being cleaned at the moment. Then I shall paint them blue; my favourite colour.

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  2. Brilliant Frances. You speak for all of us!

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    1. If I spoke for everyone, Cro, there'd be no one to fix things when they go wrong....

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  3. I preferred it when computers were bigger and I could imagine tiny creatures in there doing all the calculations and stuff. Now it's just some weird, very flat, magic. Not entirely sure I trust it.

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    1. I'm sure the tiny creatures are still there, Patsy. It's just that they are now even tinier, with silly names.

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  4. You've summed it up very well, Frances - though I like some of the technology!

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    1. I like to use it, Rosemary. I just wish all the different bits had sensible names.

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