help - my wang is broken

[skroo]

Originally posted by djbriane
It seems worth it (or at least worth a chuckle) to add that the guys at Penny Arcade seem quite fond of the 'Wang' or rather, /their/ wang's. Its been the topic of a few of their strips:

Probably because Penny Arcade != funny.

[djbriane]

It seems worth it (or at least worth a chuckle) to add that the guys at Penny Arcade seem quite fond of the 'Wang' or rather, /their/ wang's. Its been the topic of a few of their strips:

PA Wang Reference #1

PA Wang Reference #2

PA Wang Reference #3

[murakami]

Originally posted by urban

People that didn't have to write their programs by hand, have them punched, and submit the stack to an operator through a half-door at University had programming class easy.

heh heh, two lessons I learned from that bygone era

1. always number your cards

2. throwing a random card into somebody's program gives a concrete meaning to stack trace

[urban]

Originally posted by encrypt31945
That sounded wrong! The motherboard is huge on that thing and it is soo slow. It is hard to imagine how you people worked with machines like that. The ancient computer deffinently lacks wang.

Bah. Youngun. The ancient computer's where it's at! Why, that wang is advanced compared to a PDP-8, or an IMSAI (you can buy brand-new IMSAIs from here by the way), an IBM 360 series.

People that didn't have to write their programs by hand, have them punched, and submit the stack to an operator through a half-door at University had programming class easy.


Stop by the Computer Museum at NASA-Ames sometime, pick up the 5MB hard drive platter (careful! It's got a four-foot diameter and it's about 50 lbs!), or stare at the room-filling Johnnivac and realize your digital watch has more computing power, then tell me about "ancient".

[encrypt31945]

That sounded wrong! The motherboard is huge on that thing and it is soo slow. It is hard to imagine how you people worked with machines like that. The ancient computer deffinently lacks wang.

[urban]

When I was young, I used to spend hours locked in my room, playing with my wang .

[skroo]

Localisation

I'll submit the Irish 'langer' (never truncated to 'lang'), which was roughly analogous to 'wang' (in the penile sense) when I first heard it c.1989.

I really do dredge up some obscure shit.

[encrypt31945]

um... I think it is wang not woooowooo.:D

[rifraf]

Who needs wang when you got WOO WOO

I got to get me some Woo Woo! !


Step 1) watch this
http://homepage.mac.com/howheels/rubpics/woowoo.wmv

Step 2) Mix it up:
http://lisupras.com/wooo.html

[blackwave]

Originally posted by epog
My assumptions are that the roots of this term you, BW, have added to your vocabulary has chinese roots.

Hahah, you have no idea how funny that really is when it comes to relating to my workplace ;)

[epog]

lol...
As a member of the People's Republic of China, it might amuse you that the mandarin chinese meaning of "wang", to my understanding, is king. This is stemming from "guo wang" which means the king of a country or domain. My assumptions are that the roots of this term you, BW, have added to your vocabulary has chinese roots.

Would you like an eggroll with that?

[Kry0NiK]

I see BW doesnt remember the 80's song wang chung.....

That should explain everything clear as mississippi mud

[blackwave]

blackwave raises his arm, points to the sky and says:
"ask not what your wang can do for you, but what can you do for your wang!"

[Grifter]

I have to say, from reading the above statements and doing quite a bit of laughing out loud. This thread has much wang. i do however have one gripe. The above post could have been ended with:

"Go forth and spread the wang"

That is all.

[kampf]

Any of the common prefixes, such as your example of uber-, are completely valid, though i highly recommend private testing before using them in the field, as they may not go over as well with others as they do in your head.

As with any catchy or "buzz" word that us "techie" types use, keep in mind that moderation is key in retaining the purity and longevity of a term, so please use it wisely.

Go forth and spread the word.