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Wat is die Afrikaans vir luser?
Volgens http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusers
is dit
'In Internet slang, a luser (sometimes expanded to local user; also
luzer or luzzer) is a painfully annoying, stupid, or irritating
computer user. It is a portmanteau of "loser" and "user" and is
usually pronounced as "loser". The word luser is often synonymous
with lamer. In hackish, the word luser takes on a broader meaning,
referring to any normal user (in other words not a guru), especially
one who is also a loser. This term can also signify the user as a
layman, as opposed to power user or administrator; for example, end
luser. This term is very popular with technical support staff who
have to deal with lusers as part of their job, often metaphorically
employing a LART (Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool, or "clue-by-
four").

The Jargon File states that word was coined around 1975 at MIT. Under
ITS, when a user first walked up to a terminal at MIT and typed
control-Z to get the computer's attention, it printed out some status
information, including how many people were already using the
computer; it might print "14 users", for example. Someone thought it
would be a great joke to patch the system to print "14 losers"
instead. There ensued a great controversy, as some of the users
didn't particularly want to be called losers to their faces every
time they used the computer. For a while several hackers struggled
covertly, each changing the message behind the backs of the others;
any time a user logged into the computer it was even money whether it
would say "users" or "losers". Finally, someone tried the
compromise "lusers", and it stuck. Later one of the ITS machines
supported "luser" as a request-for-help command. ITS ceased to be
used mid-1990, except as a museum piece; the usage lives on, however,
and the term "luser" is often seen in program comments and on
Usenet. /lusers (which abbreviates "list users") is also a common IRC
command to get the number of users connected to a server or network.'




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Wat is die Afrikaans vir luser? Volgens http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusers is dit 'In Internet slang, a luser (sometimes expanded to local user; also luzer or...
Benti Czanik
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... Benti Ek sou sê dat dit iets soos "lokale" of "plaaslike" gebruiker moet wees. As jy dit dus, volgens my, wil afkort, sal dit of lgebruiker of pgebruiker...
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... Skuus julle - dit moes eintlik PEBKAC gewees het.... Groete -- Kobus Venter CNE NCDA (+27) 833893155 (+27) 828246183 WEB Adres: ...
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User gebruiker Luser verbruiker (en net ons sysadmins sal verstaan ;) Maar dalk sal iets soos geloorder die gees van luser beter vas vang. Maw. 'n nuwe woord...
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