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    Popular Sayings, modified by the Internet

    - Home is where you hang your @
    - The E-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail.
    - A journey of a thousand sites begins with a single click.
    - You can't teach a new mouse old clicks.
    - Great groups from little icons grow.
    - Speak softly and carry a cellular phone.
    - C: is the root of all directories.
    - Don't put all your hypes in one home page.
    - Pentium wise; pen and paper foolish.
    - The modem is the message.
    - Too many clicks spoil the browse.
    - The geek shall inherit the earth.
    - A chat has nine lives.
    - Don't byte off more than you can view.
    - Fax is stranger than fiction.
    - What boots up must come down.
    - Windows will never cease.
    - In Gates we trust.
    - Virtual reality is its own reward.
    - Modulation in all things.
    - A user and his leisure time are soon parted.
    - Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks.
    - There's no place like http://www.home.com
    - Know what to expect before you connect.
    - Oh, what a tangled Web site we weave when first we practice.
    - Speed thrills.
    Remember to never split an infinitive. The passive voice should never be used. Do not put statements in the negative form. Proofread carefully to see if you words out. And don't start a sentence with a conjugation. (William Safire)

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    I'll pay that one. Very good.
    Marty

    Ever notice that anyone slower than you is an idiot, but anyone going faster is a maniac?

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    Quote Originally Posted by parsley
    - What boots up must come down.
    - Windows will never cease.
    - In Gates we trust.
    the first one there, is usually in the blue screen of death (with the exception of Mac users )
    and the other two are scarily true..

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    The term virus used to be used solely for bacteria that made you sick, now computers can catch viruses too.
    90% of the time spent writing this post was spent thinking of something witty to say. It may have been wasted.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flyingpony
    The term virus used to be used solely for bacteria that made you sick, now computers can catch viruses too.
    Yeah, but the term bastard used to be used solely for someone who's parents were unmarried at the time of their birth, now it means the cage driver who cuts you up on the motorway.
    Remember to never split an infinitive. The passive voice should never be used. Do not put statements in the negative form. Proofread carefully to see if you words out. And don't start a sentence with a conjugation. (William Safire)

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    And pot was what you cooked in, gay was happy, nice meant foolish and aweful meant "filled with awe" - the language changes, not always predictably or in the way we want.
    Motorbike Camping for the win!

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