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[vovat]

• 19:42 Hey, anyone remember Winsock? I think that went out with Telnet. #
• 19:42 On my way home today, I saw a mailbox shaped like a golf ball. #
• 19:42 I also saw a rainbow, which was much cooler, but nowhere near as kitschy. #
• 19:47 @mattkoff Just as disappointing as everything else in his life, I would imagine. #
• 19:50 @sapsorrow We can be cold as the falling thermometer in December if you ask about the weather in July. #
• 20:35 I love when churches identify themselves as "Bible-based." As opposed to what, Christian churches based on the Quran or Bhagavad-Gita? #
• 20:46 Also kind of amusing is "Church of Christ," although I guess they don't want anyone getting it confused with the Church of Satan. #
• 21:07 @NowIsStrange is my sweet apple. #

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[leolapyre.livejournal.com]

Hey, anyone remember Winsock? I think that went out with Telnet.

Haha - yes! I think I needed to use that with a local dial-up service in the mid 90s.

[burningofroissy.livejournal.com]

Also kind of amusing is "Church of Christ," although I guess they don't want anyone getting it confused with the Church of Satan.

But they still have problems with people getting them mixed up with the Church of Chris, which views Chris Rock as the Messiah. Apparently they got sick of people shouting "There is NO SEX in the champagne room!" when they asked the bible study group to list the Ten Commandments.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

And confusing it with the Church of Christina Aguilera is even worse.

[dragonxbait.livejournal.com]

I love when churches identify themselves as "bible-based" cause I know that = crazy. Similarly with christian charities and adoption agencies. It makes avoiding the proselytizers much easier :-P

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, "Bible-based" usually does translate to "based on our own far-out interpretation of the Bible," doesn't it? Of course, it's also a veiled insult, implying that the other churches AREN'T Bible-based.

[jenhime.livejournal.com]

I use telnet everyday in my job. >_>

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sure plenty of computer professionals still use it, but I remember when I started college, it was the default way to access our e-mail. THAT was pretty annoying, but I eventually set up a forwarding address, and I believe the university has since changed to a Web-based e-mail system.

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

Also kind of amusing is "Church of Christ," although I guess they don't want anyone getting it confused with the Church of Satan

I have always been amused by churches called "Church of Christ," though not nearly so much as by the ones called "Church of God." I've also seen one called "Church of God in Christ," because I suppose they figured they had to differentiate further somehow.