Comments on: Tech terms that sound dumb — now

By: Kat

Kat — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:32:25 +0000

Roxanne, yes I agree with you about doing accounting manually at first then learning on the computer. I taught accounting and would always have the students do everything manually first. It is the only way to learn. I teach the hard way then show them the easy way, I think they appreciate it more. And yes the smell of mineo and ditto was wonderful, I was on the school newspaper and made the copies.

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:47:33 +0000

and if the “dittos” were “fresh,” they were cool to touch!

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:39:24 +0000

Got a little “old school” feeling just this morning. I had to drag out a typewriter – an actual typewriter!! In these days of online forms, scanning, pdf’s, digital signatures, and the tons of other apps and services to be had, I felt a little nostalgic to get that old banger out. Didn’t stop me from putting back in the closet as soon as I was through with it, however ; )

By: T. Robert

T. Robert — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:37:42 +0000

My boss, who is 78, uses the term “photo-stat” instead of copy (or Xerox, from an earlier post)!

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:47:40 +0000

Has anyone fully given up their home telephone calling to use just the computer calling feature?

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:46:43 +0000

When it comes to Mimeo & Ditto, just ask Dave. Thanks Dave for that very detailed explanation.

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:45:10 +0000

Ruby Beal, I am not sure why you are paying AT&T for long distance service while having Verizon as your base service? I have Verizon – Freedom essential & I do not pay any long distance charges. Not even sure of the last time I even checked to see who was called long distance, on a bill. You may want to give Verizon a call to get setup to include long distance.

By: Al

Al — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:10:48 +0000

Useless article.

By: Brian Edwards

Brian Edwards — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:05:34 +0000

I, too, always loved the smell of the mimeographed pages. Of course, I also thought dry-cleaning fluid smelled interesting. Unfortunately when I went to college and learned what they really were (benzene/toluene and carbon tetrachloride – fairly potent carcinogens) it was a real downhearted moment.
If “Glade” could come up with the scent in something a little less toxic I’d buy it – If for no other reason than to drive my kids nuts.

By: CathyR

CathyR — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:54:03 +0000

Not so fast on the “long distance” and “all telephone calls travel over the Internet”. For those of who live further out, we STILL cannot use VoIP and we still pay for local & long-distance calls. The future has not caught up to us yet! I am particularly peeved about this because we live in a suburb of St. Louis! Granted, we are in a slightly more rural area but we are still within 35 miles of St. Louis and we are in a city and a neighborhood. Go figure.