Dave Barry
Dave Barry
David McAlister "Dave" Barryis a Pulitzer Prize winning American author and columnist, who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for the Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. He has also written numerous books of humor and parody, as well as comedic novels...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth3 July 1947
CityArmonk, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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USER, n.: The word computer professionals use when they mean 'idiot.'
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And, of course, you have the commercials where savvy businesspeople get ahead by using their MacIntosh computers to create the ultimate American business product: a really sharp-looking report.
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The Internet: transforming society and shaping the future through chat.
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Hardware: This is the part of the computer that stops working when you spill beer on it.
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Megahertz: This is really, really big hertz.
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The Internet browser... is the piece of software that puts a message on your computer screen informing you that the Internet is currently busy and you should try again later.
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And computers are getting smarter all the time: scientists tell us that soon they will be able to talk to us. (By they I mean computers: I doubt scientists will ever be able to talk to us.)
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You get people from all walks of life here -- who work in domestic service.
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Both of your socks should always be the same color, Or they should at least both be fairly dark
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What happens if a big asteroid hits Earth? Judging from realistic simulations involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can assume it will be pretty bad.
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What, exactly, is the internet? Basically it is a global network exchanging digitized data in such a way that any computer, anywhere, that is equipped with a device called a 'modem', can make a noise like a duck choking on a kazoo
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'Varlet and the Squeaking Codpieces'' would be an excellent name for a rock band.
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I gotta tell you, ... It's pretty crazy when you think about taking whatever's on the other end of that line and bringing it in here.
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one of South Florida's most vital natural resources, a relentlessly sane voice in a howling hurricane of hypocrisy, hokum and hype.