Stupid old techie geek joke

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JayM
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Stupid old techie geek joke

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MR DUX
!MR
MR2 CM WANGS
L1B MR DUX

(This will confuse anyone who was into computer or telecommunications tech in the '80s and '90s if they haven't seen it before. "Modem ready? Duplex? Common mode? Wangs (as in Wang computers and word processors)? List 1 B?" The rest of you have no idea what I'm talking about unless you've seen it before.)
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#2 Post by LibertyLinux »

What does EENN stand for?
engine engine number nine
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JayM wrote: Wed Apr 28, 2021 3:59 am MR DUX
!MR
MR2 CM WANGS
L1B MR DUX
Oh the horrors of dial-up and the joys of a particular Intel PCI Dial-Up modem I used to have that was faster than anything I had ever seen before, but only when running in Linux.
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#4 Post by AVLinux »

Haha,

*hears joke...smiles and nods...has absolutely no idea what the punchline means.. :confused:
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JayM wrote: Wed Apr 28, 2021 3:59 am ......This will confuse anyone who was into computer or telecommunications tech in the '80s and '90s......
And anyone who wasn't :biggrin:
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#6 Post by JayM »

"'em are ducks."
"'em are not!"
"'em are too! See 'em wangs?" (wings)
"'ell, I be! 'Em ARE ducks!"
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#7 Post by thinkpadx »

i thought you were referring to duckduckgo/duxduxgo
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