LovableSidekick@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoCalling modern cellphones "phones" is like when old Star Trek called their little plastic data slabs "tapes".message-squaremessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1269
arrow-up1269message-squareCalling modern cellphones "phones" is like when old Star Trek called their little plastic data slabs "tapes".LovableSidekick@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square63fedilink
minus-squareGiveOver@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 days agoOne time I heard a colleague called the settings/gear icon in Windows a flower. I’ve also heard somebody refer to the PuTTY icon as “the two penguins”
minus-squareLink@rentadrunk.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 days agoAre we referring to this icon? Found here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PuTTY If so I see no resemblance with a penguin at all.
minus-squareGiveOver@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 days agoYep that’s the one. It was on the taskbar so significantly smaller than it looks here. I think he thought the lightning bolt was the beaks. Sometimes late at night I squint my eyes to look at the icon and, for a fleeting moment, I can see two penguins.
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 days agoSo either your friend has terrible eye sight, was high, or is an idiot.
One time I heard a colleague called the settings/gear icon in Windows a flower. I’ve also heard somebody refer to the PuTTY icon as “the two penguins”
Are we referring to this icon? Found here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PuTTY
If so I see no resemblance with a penguin at all.
Yep that’s the one. It was on the taskbar so significantly smaller than it looks here. I think he thought the lightning bolt was the beaks.
Sometimes late at night I squint my eyes to look at the icon and, for a fleeting moment, I can see two penguins.
So either your friend has terrible eye sight, was high, or is an idiot.