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16 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

Almost all computer terms are not meant to be pronounced like a single word, they are just said by their individual letters.  Some examples are

  1. Asus ROG, just say the letters R. O. G. not "rogue"
  2. eDRAM is E. D. RAM, not EeeeDurrraammm
  3. CPU is C. P. U. not CeeePeeewww
  4. PSU is P. S. U. not PisssSuuuu
  5. DDR RAM is D. D. R. RAM, not Durrramm
  6. MSI is M.S.I. not MmmmSaaiiii
  7. RGB is R.G.B not RaaaGeeeBbuuu

Just a side note  one of my friends pronounces PSU as  PiSs-U

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1 hour ago, Sierra Fox said:

 

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Staff: "Can you see where I'm pointing?"

Me: "not yet, the program runs a bit slow some times" (which is true, sometimes there can be a few second delay depending on the staff's location)

Staff: "I mean where my finger is"

 

Apparently remote desktop works by seeing everything through their eyes

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lol, never encountered this, but I have plenty of users sending me screenshots of screen damages (dead pixels, cracked screen, etc..).

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ROG = Republic Of Gamers. So technically not "Rogue". I just pronounce it as the letters; R, O, G. 

 

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2 hours ago, Scitesh said:

Welcome to the club"RoGue"

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35 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

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still a better meme than this 

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On 12/5/2016 at 1:46 AM, arvark said:

everyone can pronounce it as they like IMO.

There are proper pronunciations and improper pronunciations. It's not a matter of opinion, but I do get what you are saying and I do agree that it's not a huge deal if somethings pronounced wrong. If it's an acronym initailism however, then is should almost always be said as the letters, not as a word. Let's take "SKU", for example, I used to say S-K-U because it's an acronym. I used to say S-K-U because I thought it was an initialism. Learned today that it is an acronym, and acronyms are said as words.

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31 minutes ago, RahulR said:

There are proper pronunciations and improper pronunciations. It's not a matter of opinion, but I do get what you are saying and I do agree that it's not a huge deal if somethings pronounced wrong. If it's an acronym however, then is should almost always be said as the letters, not as a word. Let's take "SKU", for example, I used to say S-K-U because it's an acronym.

If it can be pronounced as a word, it is an acronym. Otherwise it is an initialism. Acronyms also often use the second letter of a word to make it able to be pronounced.

 

LASER ( Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation ) is an acronym.

 

FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) is an initialism.

 

SKU is thus an acronym and is spoken as "skew".

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*Hey Hey, I just got my new internet!*

*Cool! So how fast is it now?*

*Very fast!!!*

*Okay, how fast?*

*15 Geeebpiss!!!*

*wat?!*

*15 Geeebpiss*

*15... Geeebpiss...?*

*Yep*

*Let me see that paper*

*Here it says, (*points to word*) 15Gbps...15Geeebpiss*

 

 

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10 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

*Hey Hey, I just got my new internet!*

*Cool! So how fast is it now?*

*Very fast!!!*

*Okay, how fast?*

*15 Geeebpiss!!!*

*wat?!*

*15 Geeebpiss*

*15... Geeebpiss...?*

*Yep*

*Let me see that paper*

*Here it says, (*points to word*) 15Gbps...15Geeebpiss*

wow i was unaware that TomTom went into the network business 

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20 hours ago, themctipers said:

i actually say it argebe

Same.

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When you're chatting with tech support, give them your name, and halfway through the conversation you're suddenly not Brian but David. -.-

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15 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

*Hey Hey, I just got my new internet!*

*Cool! So how fast is it now?*

*Very fast!!!*

*Okay, how fast?*

*15 Geeebpiss!!!*

*wat?!*

*15 Geeebpiss*

*15... Geeebpiss...?*

*Yep*

*Let me see that paper*

*Here it says, (*points to word*) 15Gbps...15Geeebpiss*

 

 

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23 hours ago, Fetzie said:

If it can be pronounced as a word, it is an acronym. Otherwise it is an initialism. Acronyms also often use the second letter of a word to make it able to be pronounced.

 

LASER ( Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation ) is an acronym.

 

FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) is an initialism.

 

SKU is thus an acronym and is spoken as "skew".

True, I meant to say that they're initialism(s?). CPU, GPU, PSU, are initialisms, while RAM is an acronym.

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25 minutes ago, RahulR said:

True, I meant to say that they're initialism(s?). CPU, GPU, PSU, are initialisms, while RAM is an acronym.

Exactly :)

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On 04/12/2016 at 11:50 PM, NumLock21 said:

Almost all computer terms are not meant to be pronounced like a single word, they are just said by their individual letters.  Some examples are

  1. Asus ROG, just say the letters R. O. G. not "rogue"
  2. eDRAM is E. D. RAM, not EeeeDurrraammm
  3. CPU is C. P. U. not CeeePeeewww
  4. PSU is P. S. U. not PisssSuuuu
  5. DDR RAM is D. D. R. RAM, not Durrramm
  6. MSI is M.S.I. not MmmmSaaiiii
  7. RGB is R.G.B not RaaaGeeeBbuuu

ROG is actually just rog... xD Ask an Asus representative.

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In fact, if you can pronounce it as a single word, most of the time that is the correct pronounciation.

 

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1 hour ago, LOLZ1259 said:

yesterday my sisters friend came down stairs and called my a little spolied shit (i have a room in my garage when i record and (sometimes) sleep) the icing on the cake if that my setup is worth $10,000 aud, $4000 moniters paintings chairs desk lights camera then 6000 on my rig.

 

I don't get it.

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2 hours ago, BingoFishy said:

I don't get it.

Me neither.

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6 hours ago, LOLZ1259 said:

yesterday my sisters friend came down stairs and called my a little spolied shit (i have a room in my garage when i record and (sometimes) sleep) the icing on the cake if that my setup is worth $10,000 aud, $4000 moniters paintings chairs desk lights camera then 6000 on my rig.

 

i dont get it either?

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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I had a client that while i was troubleshooting his network attached printer told me that when he tried to unplug the ethernet cable sparks went off from the port. I was like WTF? I couldn't figure out what is wrong, so when he tried to do something trying to recreate situation he screamed that it happened again... There was no sparks of course - it was blinking orange ethernet port LED reflecting from his hand that he had no idea was there :D 

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One day i got a call from a friend:

me: hello 

friend: hi, i don't know how but my PC is upside down... 

me: press Ctrl+Alt+up arrow

friend: were is the control button ? 

me: the one saying C..t..r..l.. 

friend: found it. Thx 

 

2 days later.... 

friend: Hi, how did you say you turn the computer upside down again??? 

 

#facepalmreallyhurts... 

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