David Rickard
🆎If SQL is pronounced "sequel" then surely DNS is pronounced "Dennis"?
Greem (Graeme. Not Graham!)@bloor "Denice", surely?
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Jonathan Bennett
DJ RNDM
Sam Clemente
The cat who walks thru walls@countablenewt I will always treasure the memory of a cow-orker who once pronounced SQL*Plus as "squeal! splat! plus!" (I am well aware he was not the only one) @greem @bloor
Will 
@mrrmot @countablenewt @greem @bloor If you're like me and came from a Microsoft software development background, you might wonder about the proliferations of "sharps". The world replied "Those are hashtags!"
Enola Knezevic@AncTreat5358 @mrrmot @countablenewt @greem @bloor Used for hashtags but on their own they are just hashes. (Sharp in music is a different sign.)
@rhelune Thank you.
Just to be clear, my post was referring to the programming languages C# and F# (pronounced C-sharp and F-sharp). I believe these are rendered as pound signs instead of the musical shape.
@AncTreat5358 I know, that's Microsoft's fault. Just like calling it "hashtag" is Twitter's. Language evolves, to "decimate" now means to destroy way more than 10%, and "literally" now means "figuratively".
@rhelune @AncTreat5358 "Awesome" can mean "cool" or "Terrifying"
"Cleave" can mean "Force apart" or "Force together"
English isn't hard...
Mike Torr@rhelune @AncTreat5358 IMO "literally" STILL does not mean "figuratively". It does, however, IMPLY "figuratively", given the context of hyperbole, which is a very common trait in the vernacular. However, persuading the average person to care about any of that is figuratively impossible.
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Microsoft is to blame for so many helpdesk calls including the question "is that a forward slash or a backslash?"
Microsoft is to blame for so many helpdesk calls including the question "is that a forward slash or a backslash?"
Amin, minor deity of the legume realmYou mean C-octothorpe and F-octothorpe?
I'll start by getting Big Music Notation to send them cease-and-desist notifications for the "sharp" terminology.
Conor O'Neill@AncTreat5358 @rhelune
Er, I think hash/sharp (#) is only rendered as a pound sign if you're using a very very old character set.
I thought that most of that rubbish had disappeared many years ago, once we started using unicode.
However, the people who build cash tills, credit card terminals, receipt printers, etc, seem to be stuck with wacky character sets. They often render the pound sign as weird other characters. 😟💷
Interestingly though, (and sadly) on my phone keyboard, if I search the emojis for 'pound', the only option it offers me is: #️⃣ (ie, a hash sign) 😡
Fish Id Wardrobe ⁂
Siguza@countablenewt (one of the database profs I had unironically pronounced "SQL query" as "seagull curry". It became a meme among CS students.)
Gary 
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Tim 🛥️🌈
Josua Batubara
Iván Sánchez Ortega@bloor [Insert "Dennis the Menace" joke here]
jtonline@IvanSanchez @bloor definitely a menace!
Ian Campbell 🏴@IvanSanchez @bloor consider it inserted ;)
Ian Campbell 🏴 (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image @[email protected] leading to one of my favorite conference swag shirts my employer has ever made.
Eli the BeardedI have seen a "DNS the Menace" tee shirt
Matt Hall
Shawn Webb@bloor Our very own @jimsalter would likely remind you it's pronounced "dee niss".
Corey Snipes 🌱
Jim Salter
Mans R
Owl Eyes
Peter Drake
Susi
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Ken Butler
Colin Beveridge
Icewind
fraggle
Curious@robin @bloor did a short stint to cover when a colleague had an accident. New office install 80% done. Under trained and out of my depth and lacking expertise, but was least worst option at the time (and a loooong time ago ie multiple IDNS lines internet days)
From that experience the next time I ask Dennis nicely and they don't respond I'm for dragging Dennis into the underground carpark and f'ning them up good. Just saying.
#what-grudge?
From that experience the next time I ask Dennis nicely and they don't respond I'm for dragging Dennis into the underground carpark and f'ning them up good. Just saying.
#what-grudge?
John Maxwell@bloor That would make DNS vulnerabilities Dennis Menaces?
Neil Brown
Jon Roach
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