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One of the primary symptoms of Disobedient Computer Syndrome.
DCS Symptom #2:
2. At least one other task will pop up in front of the application the user is accessing, for the purpose of intercepting the user's keystrokes and mouse clicks while the user is assigning the desired task.
DCS Symptom #2:
2. At least one other task will pop up in front of the application the user is accessing, for the purpose of intercepting the user's keystrokes and mouse clicks while the user is assigning the desired task.
What is it with application programmers that makes them think I want some program running in the background to steal focus every time it completes a subtask? If I wanted to micromanage a task, I'd use a command prompt!
by Downstrike October 26, 2004
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by Downstrike October 5, 2004
Get the Immortal Soul mug.1. (internet) The email folder where incoming mail arrives.
2. (at the table) The mouth.
3. (in bed) The vagina.
2. (at the table) The mouth.
3. (in bed) The vagina.
by Downstrike May 28, 2004
Get the inbox mug.Nobody is who people say would do something. This is usually said right after someone does the very deed, frequently to that person's face.
by Downstrike December 1, 2004
Get the nobody mug.1. Literally; n., a pin or keeper, placed through or around an axle, that prevents a wheel from slipping off of its axle.
2. Slang; n., Any part or person that is so vital to something that if it went missing, the whole thing would fall apart.
2. Slang; n., Any part or person that is so vital to something that if it went missing, the whole thing would fall apart.
1. You have to pull the linchpin to adjust the bearings.
2. Someone has to take the snap, so the quarterback is the football offensive team's linchpin.
2. Someone has to take the snap, so the quarterback is the football offensive team's linchpin.
by Downstrike December 28, 2005
Get the linchpin mug.To my phone company: You reassigned this phone number to me 6 months after you took it away from the deadbeat who didn't pay his phone bill. Why can't you understand that it's no longer his phone number? Just because you can't find him, is no cause to harass me!
Another person to his phone company: Of course I received your message that the replacement for my broken phone is ready to pick up - just as soon as I got the replacement phone and checked for messages.
Me to the Yellow Pages publisher: Of course I wanted to be listed in the yellow pages under my business name. You offered me a listing in the Yellow Pages because I'm listed as a business in the white pages didn't you? Do you see anyone else listed in the Yellow Pages by their personal name?
Another person to his phone company: Of course I received your message that the replacement for my broken phone is ready to pick up - just as soon as I got the replacement phone and checked for messages.
Me to the Yellow Pages publisher: Of course I wanted to be listed in the yellow pages under my business name. You offered me a listing in the Yellow Pages because I'm listed as a business in the white pages didn't you? Do you see anyone else listed in the Yellow Pages by their personal name?
by Downstrike November 11, 2004
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Colloquial: It's like, you know, so far out that it's in, and so like, in, you know, that it's far out, you dig? Like, it's so hot that it's cool, and it's so cool that it's hot! It like, makes you like to say like. I mean, it'll blow your mind, man!
Colloquial: It's like, you know, so far out that it's in, and so like, in, you know, that it's far out, you dig? Like, it's so hot that it's cool, and it's so cool that it's hot! It like, makes you like to say like. I mean, it'll blow your mind, man!
Hey, did you ever like, blow your mind, man? Try it, you'll like it! No way, man, you don't gotta get stoned to blow you mind. Just look at your hand, will you? No, I mean like really look at it. Like, you know it's been on your arm since forever, but you never really look at it. Check it out! It's so far out that it's like, groovy man!
by Downstrike October 15, 2004
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