Difference between revisions of "Talk:Carriage return"
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Well, it has to do with [[typewriter]]s. | Well, it has to do with [[typewriter]]s. | ||
| − | *You mean a word | + | *You mean a [[word processor]] without a [[computer chip]]? |
Er, <s>exactly</s> something like that. Now where was I? When you were typing, and the words reached the end of the line, you had to advance the [[platen]] | Er, <s>exactly</s> something like that. Now where was I? When you were typing, and the words reached the end of the line, you had to advance the [[platen]] | ||
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(Wipes forehead feverishly) . . . The roller that the paper goes around when you make the keys hit the paper. | (Wipes forehead feverishly) . . . The roller that the paper goes around when you make the keys hit the paper. | ||
| − | *Wait, let me google that. Is that something like a flat bed scanner? I have some old photographs that grandpa wants me to put on our website and ... | + | *Wait, let me google that. Is that something like a [[flat bed]] [[scanner]]? I have some old photographs that grandpa wants me to put on our website and ... |
| − | (gets a brain | + | (gets a brain flash) You remember dot-matrix printers? |
| − | *You mean when dinosaurs roamed the earth? My social studies teacher has one on a shelf he used to use. | + | *You mean when dinosaurs roamed the earth? My [[social studies]] teacher has one on a shelf he used to use. But everyone uses laser now. |
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| + | '''Will''' you listen to me?! | ||
| + | *(stunned silence) | ||
Latest revision as of 20:46, March 30, 2007
What is a carriage, and why do I have to return it?
This question may perplex today's generation of computer-literate youth, just as the term horseless carriage may mystify some. How can you have a horse-drawn carriage with the horse pulling it?
- Oh, you mean a car!
- No, an Automobile. It moves by itself, with nothing pulling it.
- Dude, it's still a car (grin).
Well, it has to do with typewriters.
- You mean a word processor without a computer chip?
Er, exactly something like that. Now where was I? When you were typing, and the words reached the end of the line, you had to advance the platen
- The what?
(Wipes forehead feverishly) . . . The roller that the paper goes around when you make the keys hit the paper.
- Wait, let me google that. Is that something like a flat bed scanner? I have some old photographs that grandpa wants me to put on our website and ...
(gets a brain flash) You remember dot-matrix printers?
- You mean when dinosaurs roamed the earth? My social studies teacher has one on a shelf he used to use. But everyone uses laser now.
Will you listen to me?!
- (stunned silence)