Dr. Allan O'Grady Cuseo wrote:
>I just tell the kids - it stands for Online Public Access Catalog - and they
>remember it.. Sometimes I tell them about public and college libraries with
>names such as "Carl" and "Groucho." At times when being silly, we call it
>various names such as "Big Bubba" or 'Betty Lou."
>
My daughters bought new eMacs when they graduated from HS two years ago.
Both computers have developed the same problem, which seems to have the
various technicians stumped. One daughter has named her machine DC. The
other daughter wishes all computers would all go away. - permanently.
Their older brother is majoring in computer science.
I prefer to call them 'confusers" because they can really do a good job
of confusing people, especially with error messages like "No keyboard
found. Press F10 to continue."
--
David Lininger, kb0zke,
MS/HS librarian
Hickory County R-1 Schools
Urbana, MO 65767
417-993-4226
tss003 at tnp dot more dot net
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