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From: nessus@nsc.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re:logins > real-life names
Message-ID: <447@nsc.uucp>
Date: Tue, 11-Oct-83 18:39:24 EDT
Article-I.D.: nsc.447
Posted: Tue Oct 11 18:39:24 1983
Date-Received: Thu, 13-Oct-83 22:12:22 EDT
Organization: National Semiconductor, Sunnyvale
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     A while ago, there was a question to the effect of "Has anyone ever had
their name change as a result of having an account on/in a computer?"  I have a
new question:

	"Do you find yourself using DP/CS/hardware terms in a similar context
	 but in a situation that does not relate to DP/CS/hardware?

     A few days ago, I was playing records on our stereo at the same time a
friend was visiting.  Presently the record finished playing, and because the
auto-stop mechanism is broken, the stylus had to be lifted by hand.  Our friend
offerred to do this [I was cooking] but before he could figure out how to
operate our {wierd!!} stereo, I finished what I was doing, and walked over to
the stereo and said:

	"Excuse me, let me rezero the record."

     For those of you who don't know, "rezero" is a command used in disks,
meaning "move the read/write head to the outermost data track."  I was really
saying "I want to play the record again."

     I also caught myself advising my MOTAS that "we need to initialize the
hydraulic clutch after rebuilding it so that there will be no air in the lines."

     Has anyone else on the net noticed tech terms creeping into ordinary
conversation where they would not be in there original context but were used to
describe a similar situation?

			Hope I'm not the only one,

			Kchula-Rrit
			menlo70!nsc!nessus