"Running the Internet" and other meaningless terms

[Hugh Reilly]

"I hear they've got the internet on computers now"

-Bart Simpson



-Hugh
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>From: James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>
>Reply-To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
>To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
>Subject: Re: [TLUG]: "Running the Internet" and other meaningless terms
>Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 18:40:46 -0400
>
>Paul King wrote:
>>>Okay, first of all "running The Internet" is a vague term, generally
>>
>>
>>I don't know why that phrase inspired me, but it did. I began imagining 
>>that this would be exactly the kind of phrase a person would utter in 
>>sentences from time to time when their brain is not engaged, as if the 
>>Internet has no existence independent of the computer.
>>
>>To salesman: "Does this computer run the Internet"?
>>To tech support: "The internet stopped running, and I don't know why."
>>Student to teacher (brightly): "The internet is run using Internet 
>>Explorer."
>
>And of course, we all know the internet was invented by Dan Quale!  ;-)
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