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Ginger ale

Vernor's or nobody's.
Vernor's is the ginger ale that tastes like you're drinking a ginger snap.
by Downstrike May 26, 2004
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rents

Shorter form of the word parents. Also, those who pay the rent.

Either way, it means parents.
They're rents regardless why you call them that.
by Downstrike May 26, 2004
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alignment

One's philosophical loyalties; may include religious ideals.

In RPG, the choice between good and evil; law and chaos.
Why do my chaotic evil characters always get stuck with a bunch of goody-goody lawfuls?
by Downstrike May 26, 2004
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big 10-4

In the CB slanguage:

1. Hi there!

2. Enthusiastic agreement.
1. I just wanted to say a big 10-4 to ya!

2. That's a big 10-4!
by Downstrike May 29, 2004
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Bureaucracy

1. A form of government in which the true power lies in the hands of committees who dictate policy and bureaus that carry them out, with little accountability to the constituency.

2. A form of government, the authority of which is not so much to accomplish anything, but to obstruct accomplishment by anyone else.

3. The form of government that the United States of America really practices while the politicians distract the constituency.
Many nations and corporations are governed as bureaucracies.
by Downstrike June 5, 2004
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Ten minutes after ten till now

What time is it?

Ten minutes after ten till now.
by Downstrike October 1, 2005
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Atari Computer

The Home Computer, aka Personal Computer, of the late 1970s. Notable models were the 400, 800, and 800XL. The 1200XL actually came out before the 800XL and was a joke. The 65XE was simply an 800XL made over to resemble a Commodore 64. All of these models included a game cartridge slot that was compatible with the then-current Atari game cartridges.

The 800XL came with 64k of RAM. Most users wondered what we would ever do with that much memory. An external 5.5 inch floppy disk or cassette deck drive was optional.

The entire computer was built into the keyboard. Atari computers generally used an external converter that reproduced both video and audio through a television.

Atari computers rapidly lost market share in the 1980s due to Atari's preoccupation with video games and game consoles so that when Atari employees Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak developed the first Apple computer, they had to start their own company to produce it.

Atari was the Home Computer to have until the Apple came out.

As was standard for the era of Atari's golden age, their computers only had rudimentary operating systems, so most operating instructions were written into each software application.

Their primary competitor, Commodore, entered the market late, with a Home Computer that wasn't good for much besides games and greeting cards, even though Atari was still better at those tasks due to better color and sound support. For a time, more Commodores were sold than Ataris due to better marketing. Other players in that era included the Timex/Sinclair and the TI 99/A.

Atari eventually developed IBM-compatible PCs in the late 1980s, but it was too little, and far too late.
Nothing short of a power outage would make an early Atari computer crash.
by Downstrike May 31, 2004
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