ROM - Am I totally stupid?

[jleyton]

Now come on Russ, especially on this thread, you've got to tell us what ASCII and html stand for

Oh, and b******s

Cheers

Julian

[Kingswood90]

Wish I hadn't asked now, or that I understood this

[GDPR]

American Standard Code for Information Exchange - when you press your key, it sends a code string to represent that character - like Morse code - that the computer chipset understands...

HTML hyper text markup language - these strings of characters are interpreted by web browser software to produce colours, characters and symbols - involves lots of < and > symbols - don't, and I mean don't ask me how it does...

B******s I think is best left to your judgement lest I get a red card from the overlords

[V Mad]

Thought that I was the only insomniac around!

Add one to that. My usual wake up time is about 03:00. But I usually watch iplayer until I fall asleep again. It goes in phases though. Cannot fathom any reason. But then I dont have to get up for work next day so who cares.

[72BLUE]

Like LOTUS..... Loads Of Trouble, Usually Serious

FORD - Fix or replace daily

and

FIAT - Fix it again Toni

.....have always made me smile

Keith

[jleyton]

.......... other characters is that you type in ASCII but it doesn't translate to html which the forum software uses.

American Standard Code for Information Exchange

Well I reckon that should be ASCIE then Now who can't spell ? Let me guess, Russ, or the Americans ? Mmmmm I think I know the answer to that one, and it ain't Russ

Don't even start me on Aluminum, or Aluminium

Cheers

Julian

[Mike Stevens]

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

Close though.

Cheers,
Mike.

[Tdm]

If all these abbreviations had been around in Shakespeare's day I would never have passed my English Literature GCE exam as I would have understood the "Merchant of Venice" even less!, and Misummer Nights Dream would probably have been titled "MND".

[GDPR]

Knew you were retired Terry, but no idea you were about in Shakespeares time... when you passed your English Lit...

[Tdm]

Knew you were retired Terry, but no idea you were about in Shakespeares time... when you passed your English Lit...

Well here I am outside my friend Will's house, and about to beg a lift on a neighbour's horse.
Didn't have "colour" photos in those days I'm afraid and the picture quality wasn't up to todays Digital standard.

[Stag therapy]

Ahahmkfah


Baz

[GDPR]

Didn't think they had photos back then either you were obviously posing for preliminary sketches and Mr Da Vinci down the road would flesh out the portrait after he finished the one of the tart with the enigmatic smile....

[Tdm]

Didn't think they had photos back then either you were obviously posing for preliminary sketches and Mr Da Vinci down the road would flesh out the portrait after he finished the one of the tart with the enigmatic smile....

In those days a Stag was something you killed with a bow and arrow and would keep you in meat throughout the Winter. A Head Gasket Failure was when the Antlers fell off, but you could use them as a plough in the Communal field to sow next years crop of barley for making Mead. "Moaner" Lisa was the grumpy barmaid who would serve it you in the "Hung Drawn and Quartered" Inn near to the Assises and the Stocks where you disposed of all your rubbish. Only the Nobilty then had plenty of horsepower.