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Stuart G

(38,436 posts)
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 11:50 AM Jul 2022

Three Words that Have Changed the World for Most People. Can You Guess them? Ok Look now!!

Changed the world in the last 35 years or so.........just in the last 35 to 40 years for most of us..

..... Did you get them right? Or did you get them wrong?

3 WORDS ARE:................."Copy and Paste"

and Yes, I am .........coo- coo ..What else is there to say with a post like this?.


Well.................I tried to add a little humor to the lounge ........Yes, I know...It is... very little.
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Three Words that Have Changed the World for Most People. Can You Guess them? Ok Look now!! (Original Post) Stuart G Jul 2022 OP
Darn I guessed "Release the hounds". n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2022 #1
As they say....."You can't get them all" ......no more text....!!! Stuart G Jul 2022 #2
donald john trump. gop. niyad Jul 2022 #3
Well.............you tried .....A ++ for trying.. Stuart G Jul 2022 #4
54 years... not 35 lapfog_1 Jul 2022 #5
Much too long to watch this one. Stuart G Jul 2022 #6
you really should watch the first few minutes. lapfog_1 Jul 2022 #9
"Well fuck me!" Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2022 #7
I guessed "Paint My House" Baggies Jul 2022 #8
"Hold my beer" FSogol Jul 2022 #10
Years ago, I taught computer classes. I would jokingly tell the students, it's "copy and v-aste." Earth-shine Jul 2022 #11

lapfog_1

(29,205 posts)
9. you really should watch the first few minutes.
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 04:10 PM
Jul 2022

It is a landmark demo for the computer industry.

BTW, both Bill Gates and Steve Jobs went to Xerox PARC and got many of their ideas from the system that resulted from this initial demo (Smalltalk, etc).

 

Earth-shine

(4,044 posts)
11. Years ago, I taught computer classes. I would jokingly tell the students, it's "copy and v-aste."
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 04:51 PM
Jul 2022

That's why it's [ctrl][v] instead of [ctrl][p].

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