Hey all. I have to write a paper about some kind of myth. I was just wondering if anyone here knows of any decent sized, good myths relating to computers I'm all ears. Thanks.
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Hey all. I have to write a paper about some kind of myth. I was just wondering if anyone here knows of any decent sized, good myths relating to computers I'm all ears. Thanks.
Well... this isn't *exactly* a computer legend, however it is an urban legend and was prepared with the use of computer programs: Probably everyone here has received a dozen copies of the big shark jumping up for the the soldier hanging on the chopper-ladder off the coast of So. Africa? Well, here's "the rest of the story", as one other old guy might say:
http://www.urbanlegends.com/ulz/shark.html
Hey underlost,
Eventhough your question was rather broad...heres some links that may help in finding that special myth out there.
Basic search on Google:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...puter+myths%22
---------------"top Eight Computer myths"----------------
http://www.dansdata.com/sbs22.htm
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---------------"Computer myths and Flklore---------------
http://bigmac.stanford.edu/myths/
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---------------"vmyths"(good one)--------------
http://www.vmyths.com/
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*hope these help some....post a reply if you have a diffrent querry then the ones i listed(diffrent/specific topic) I could help better then,,,but these site should be good..
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FATALbreed
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shouldnt this be in another forum? like generalchitchat for instance. anyway, i believe that there was a thread about how the internet began on here, you could call that a myth, search for How the internet began, i cant remember who posted it, i believe it was sumdumguy. haha that sounds funny.