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#21 WarPickle

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Posted 17 February 2015 - 12:54 PM

Shh.shh...shhh..... just be happy we finally have it ..... just let it happen ;) :P

#22 WarHippy

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Posted 17 February 2015 - 01:03 PM

View PostDeathlike, on 17 February 2015 - 12:48 PM, said:


"Ogle" has a different definition (although often related to "googling") but are similar in nature.


Are you sure about that? I had never heard the word google before google the company existed, and I have yet to find a dictionary that gave a definition of the word google other than being related in some way to google the company. I assume you are thinking of the word goggle, which does involve looking at something/someone.

Edited by WarHippy, 17 February 2015 - 01:10 PM.


#23 terrycloth

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Posted 17 February 2015 - 01:04 PM

Google was a number loooong before Google the company existed. 10^100.

Also google plex, 10^10^100.

Ahhh. Apparently the math term is spelled 'googol'. Never knew that.

Edited by terrycloth, 17 February 2015 - 01:05 PM.


#24 Deathlike

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Posted 17 February 2015 - 01:10 PM

View PostWarHippy, on 17 February 2015 - 01:03 PM, said:

Are you sure about that? I had never heard the word google before google the company existed, and I have yet to find a dictionary that gave a definition of the word google other than being related in some way to google the company.


I have heard of the word (used rarely) before the company existed.

I read a lot... so... :-/

#25 El Bandito

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Posted 17 February 2015 - 01:13 PM

VOIP IS EASIER TO TYPE


/thread.

#26 WarHippy

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Posted 17 February 2015 - 01:13 PM

View PostDeathlike, on 17 February 2015 - 01:10 PM, said:


I have heard of the word (used rarely) before the company existed.

I read a lot... so... :-/


As do I so I will just assume you are thinking of the word goggle rather than google which was only added as a word to dictionaries back in 2006. :P

#27 Lily from animove

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Posted 17 February 2015 - 01:16 PM

View PostEl Bandito, on 17 February 2015 - 01:13 PM, said:

VOIP IS EASIER TO TYPE


/thread.


no, TS is easier to type.

#28 El Bandito

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Posted 17 February 2015 - 01:17 PM

View PostLily from animove, on 17 February 2015 - 01:16 PM, said:


no, TS is easier to type.


No, TS is easiest to type.

Edited by El Bandito, 17 February 2015 - 01:17 PM.


#29 LordSkippy

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Posted 17 February 2015 - 01:18 PM

Makes rant post about people using a term incorrectly. Includes link to Wikipedia article that shows the term is technically being used correctly. Insists on typing the term incorrectly, even when said article includes corrected form (it's VoIP, not VOIP).

4/10

#30 luigi256

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Posted 17 February 2015 - 01:20 PM

This is a troll post right?

Why would anyone waste time with the definition of VOIP?

#31 Deathlike

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Posted 17 February 2015 - 01:20 PM

View PostWarHippy, on 17 February 2015 - 01:13 PM, said:


As do I so I will just assume you are thinking of the word goggle rather than google which was only added as a word to dictionaries back in 2006. :P


Oh well... IT'S TOO LATE FOR MEEEE!!!1!

#32 MoonUnitBeta

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Posted 17 February 2015 - 01:26 PM

View PostPaigan, on 17 February 2015 - 12:17 PM, said:

I can't believe it's actually called "VOIP".

Do you even know what VOIP means?

Everyone capable of googling will pretty quickly end up here:
http://en.wikipedia....i/Voice_over_IP

It means "Voice over IP", which is meant to distinct communication via internet protocols from traditional telephony.

Using that term in an already all-internet-based architecture is just redundant, non-informative and therefore confusing.

What YOU want to express is "Voice chat" or "Ingame voice communication" or something like that.
Calling that "VOIP" is like saying "We are using cables". Of COURSE we are using cables to transmit the signals. And of COURSE we are using the internet protocoll to transmit stuff. That is not a significant description.

Similar to that horrible meta term that is used so ridiculously wrong by the MWO community (and ONLY here afaik).

I don't mean that as an offence, but is the age of Idiocracy, where most people can't think logically anymore, really approaching that fast?
Makes me fear the future.

What's next?
Calling keyboards "clickies" and monitors "lookwindow"?
Makes my thinky ouchy, seroli...serioll...serusly

Why is the save icon still a 3-1/2 floppy disk?

#33 WarHippy

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Posted 17 February 2015 - 01:30 PM

View PostMoonUnitBeta, on 17 February 2015 - 01:26 PM, said:

Why is the save icon still a 3-1/2 floppy disk?


Because unlike computers women reject a 3-1/2" floppy?

#34 H00L1GAN

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Posted 17 February 2015 - 01:30 PM

View PostWNxWolfy, on 17 February 2015 - 12:53 PM, said:

Not sure if really good troll or just terrible person

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#35 Raggedyman

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Posted 17 February 2015 - 01:54 PM

View PostPaigan, on 17 February 2015 - 12:17 PM, said:

I can't believe it's actually called "VOIP".

Do you even know what VOIP means?

Everyone capable of googling will pretty quickly end up here:
http://en.wikipedia....i/Voice_over_IP

It means "Voice over IP", which is meant to distinct communication via internet protocols from traditional telephony.


"Voice over IP/VoIP is a methodology and group of technologies for the delivery of voice communications[ and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet"

It's voice communication over the internet, so I think you will find the term fully cromulent.

Edited by Raggedyman, 17 February 2015 - 01:55 PM.


#36 LordSkippy

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Posted 17 February 2015 - 02:06 PM

View PostRaggedyman, on 17 February 2015 - 01:54 PM, said:


"Voice over IP/VoIP is a methodology and group of technologies for the delivery of voice communications[ and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet"

It's voice communication over the internet, so I think you will find the term fully cromulent.


Liked for the proper usage of the word cromulent.

#37 D1G17AL

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Posted 17 February 2015 - 02:13 PM

View PostLordSkippy, on 17 February 2015 - 02:06 PM, said:

Liked for the proper usage of the word cromulent.


Seconded.

#38 MoonUnitBeta

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Posted 17 February 2015 - 02:39 PM

View PostWarHippy, on 17 February 2015 - 01:30 PM, said:


Because unlike computers women reject a 3-1/2" floppy?

So what about compact discs? It's not how big* it is, but how you use it ;)

edit *spelling.

Edited by MoonUnitBeta, 17 February 2015 - 02:39 PM.


#39 Marvyn Dodgers

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Posted 17 February 2015 - 04:23 PM

Moving to off topic

#40 Lily from animove

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Posted 18 February 2015 - 01:35 AM

View PostMarack Drock, on 17 February 2015 - 04:33 PM, said:

This is one of the best overreactions to something that doesn't mean anything I have ever seen. I want this guy as my new best friend.

VOIP means... VOIP. It is fine to use it in this context so stop making an ass of yourself.


thats what you get when you make such a thread in the maintenance patch time. people make replies because they are bored xD

Edited by Lily from animove, 18 February 2015 - 11:54 AM.






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