Do people seriously still say 'CUT & paste'!

Formal Shorts

12 years ago

Cut & paste predates computers. People would literally cut out pages and use glue to paste them on to different pages

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MoneyMagnetMagnate

12 years ago

You may not be a computer nerd, but you are probably not old enough to remember when graphic artists and copy editors actually DID literally cut and paste onto a board to make copy layout AND early printed circuit board design...it's a terminology that is understood, but may seem archaic to you, like 'dialing' a phone...or a website 'radio' button - get used to it...it's going to be around for at least a generation...

And when was the last time you saw a phone with a rotary 'dial'? :p

Rant over :p...and out.

"over and out"...now that always bugged me...:rolleyes:

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Daniel Evans 12 years ago

My champion irritant is this:

Let me google that for you.
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KimW

12 years ago

I don't even think I will be able to sleep tonight pondering this......

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TimGreen1

12 years ago

I detect a slight sprinkle of sarcasm!

Originally Posted by KimW

I don't even think I will be able to sleep tonight pondering this......

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Dan Riffle

12 years ago

Originally Posted by TimGreen1

I detect a slight sprinkle of sarcasm!

No. No. No. Kim is known for getting stuck in pontification loops. He'll probably be up for days and then -- BOOM! -- he'll solve the riddle with quite an elegant solution.

He's not cranky or sarcastic at all.

Prepare to have your mind blown in three days hence.

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KimW

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

No. No. No. Kim is known for getting stuck in pontification loops. He'll probably be up for days and then -- BOOM! -- he'll solve the riddle with quite an elegant solution.

He's not cranky or sarcastic at all.

Prepare to have your mind blown in three days hence.

This actually took more than 3 days,it was a tough one,but I think I finally came up with the answer!!

42!

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Halcyon 12 years ago

Originally Posted by KimW

I don't even think I will be able to sleep tonight pondering this......

You too?

I shall place this in my pantheon of issues to ponder, right next to -
why do birds crap on my car right after I wash it?

I detect a slight sprinkle of sarcasm!

No need to wonder about mine. It was quite sarcastic.
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- Dennis Gaskill 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Halcyon
  
  I shall place this in my pantheon of issues to ponder, right next to -
  why do birds crap on my car right after I wash it?
  
  I was born on a farm, so being brought up close to animals and nature, I know why our feathered friends do that. Not many know this, but birds are highly benevolent creatures. Most birds do this because they want to protect your car from the sun's rays. In days of yore it used to be called "bird wax." So now, when a bird coats your car with a layer of protection, you can shout out, "Thank you, oh benevolent birds, for blessing me with your bird wax."
  
  How about that!
  
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seasoned

12 years ago

Tim,

YOU are talking about NEW SPECIFIC METHOD terms that oversimplify an ANCIENT METHOD to meld several documents. In fact, they would often COPY a document to CUT out parts they would use. So what would you call THAT? Copy, CUT and paste?

There are a LOT of terms that are lost in antiquity. HECK, some are less than 100 years old. Can we please TRY to save this one? MANY languages are related to latin. HECK, the guy that started RUSSIA was from NORWAY! Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish are VERY similar, yet they have decided even to have different alphabets! ALL use LATIN for the core characters!

Steve

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George Wright

12 years ago

Originally Posted by seasoned

Tim,

YOU are talking about NEW SPECIFIC METHOD terms that oversimplify an ANCIENT METHOD to meld several documents. In fact, they would often COPY a document to CUT out parts they would use. So what would you call THAT? Copy, CUT and paste?

There are a LOT of terms that are lost in antiquity. HECK, some are less than 100 years old. Can we please TRY to save this one? MANY languages are related to latin. HECK, the guy that started RUSSIA was from NORWAY! Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish are VERY similar, yet they have decided even to have different alphabets! ALL use LATIN for the core characters!

Steve

You have a disaster in the works.

Your finished product would be frankenstein's monster of documents.

The final step would be copy, making your method...

Copy, cut, paste and copy.

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tano14

12 years ago

WOW - of all the things to discuss - that's what you came up with. What is worse than your post is me posting a reply.

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garyv

12 years ago

What The H#LL! You could have told me that it wasn't cut a few minutes ago...

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MoneyMagnetMagnate 12 years ago

@ garyv

LOL! Don't worry, a little paste ought to fix that right up...no problem! :rolleyes:
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whateverpedia

12 years ago

You know what really p!sses me off?

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yukon Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by whateverpedia

You know what really p!sses me off?

Bacon?

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Dennis Gaskill 12 years ago

Originally Posted by whateverpedia

You know what really p!sses me off?

I hav3n't got a clu3. :confused:
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MoneyMagnetMagnate 12 years ago

Originally Posted by whateverpedia

You know what really p!sses me off?

Originally Posted by yukon

Bacon?

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How could bacon make anyone unhappy??? It only wants to be Loved
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- Paul Myers 12 years ago
  
  Ummm... Yeah. I say that, at least when that's what I'm doing.
  
  I moved a chunk of one email to another in a series of lessons today, and it was a cut and paste operation. Cut from one text file and pasted into another.
  
  This thread is a bit bizarre even for OT...
  
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whateverpedia 12 years ago

Originally Posted by whateverpedia

You know what really p!sses me off?

It's people who ask questions like this, and then don't bother to answer it.

Banning's too good for 'em.
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- Dennis Gaskill 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by whateverpedia
  
  It's people who ask questions like this, and then don't bother to answer it.
  
  Banning's too good for 'em.
  
  Yeah! I reported the dude. That'll learn 'im.
  
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thunderbird

12 years ago

When someone asks me to repeat myself after I just made an effort to say something, I sometimes say, "Copy, paste," instead of the the aggravation of saying it over again. "Cut, paste," would work too.

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garyv

12 years ago

You do what?

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Dan Riffle 12 years ago

Originally Posted by garyv

You do what?

I literally LOL'ed. I was thinking the exact same thing.
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- tagiscom 12 years ago
  
  I am fine with "cut and paste" saves me having to type another word in, "copy".
  
  But the most annoying thing being used in the English language is combining words together...
  
  like Lagoonarium, (aquarium and lagoon) or Dogalog, (catalog and dog) which was used in a hardware add with dogs in AU.
  
  Those terms may be clever, but they really P*** me off!
  
  Glad l won't watch adds, anymore!
  
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Do people seriously still say 'CUT & paste'!

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