Comments on: the internet is a small place http://www.intelliot.com/blog/archives/2004/08/21/the-internet-is-a-small-place/ Thoughts, opinions and fascinating discoveries by Elliot, a student at USC Fri, 16 May 2008 04:51:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: aamir http://www.intelliot.com/blog/archives/2004/08/21/the-internet-is-a-small-place/#comment-379881 aamir Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:46:03 +0000 http://www.intelliot.com/blog/archives/2004/08/21/the-internet-is-a-small-place/#comment-379881 anytime! anytime!

]]> By: Elliot Lee http://www.intelliot.com/blog/archives/2004/08/21/the-internet-is-a-small-place/#comment-379468 Elliot Lee Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:31:41 +0000 http://www.intelliot.com/blog/archives/2004/08/21/the-internet-is-a-small-place/#comment-379468 LOL, thanks for the input. LOL, thanks for the input.

]]> By: aamir http://www.intelliot.com/blog/archives/2004/08/21/the-internet-is-a-small-place/#comment-379447 aamir Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:29:33 +0000 http://www.intelliot.com/blog/archives/2004/08/21/the-internet-is-a-small-place/#comment-379447 sorry, but I MADE THAT up in about '98. i typed that exact thing. even called it "playing game." nice try, though. sorry, but I MADE THAT up in about ‘98. i typed that exact thing. even called it “playing game.” nice try, though.

]]> By: Laxplayer http://www.intelliot.com/blog/archives/2004/08/21/the-internet-is-a-small-place/#comment-230257 Laxplayer Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:19:03 +0000 http://www.intelliot.com/blog/archives/2004/08/21/the-internet-is-a-small-place/#comment-230257 dude, thats so weird, like i just googled "I am not available because I am playing a computer game that takes up the whole screen." because i swear that i made that up like 6 years ago, cause i was playing a game on my comp and i was in like middle school or something.. and i foudn this website so now im posting this... thats so weird dude, thats so weird, like i just googled “I am not available because I am playing a computer game that takes up the whole screen.” because i swear that i made that up like 6 years ago, cause i was playing a game on my comp and i was in like middle school or something.. and i foudn this website so now im posting this… thats so weird

]]> By: Oerogami http://www.intelliot.com/blog/archives/2004/08/21/the-internet-is-a-small-place/#comment-228224 Oerogami Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:26:32 +0000 http://www.intelliot.com/blog/archives/2004/08/21/the-internet-is-a-small-place/#comment-228224 Same thing. I typed exactly the same thing around 2001 or something... mainly because I was playing a online game and hadn't figured out Alt Tab. Same thing. I typed exactly the same thing around 2001 or something… mainly because I was playing a online game and hadn’t figured out Alt Tab.

]]> By: WOW http://www.intelliot.com/blog/archives/2004/08/21/the-internet-is-a-small-place/#comment-221968 WOW Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:00:24 +0000 http://www.intelliot.com/blog/archives/2004/08/21/the-internet-is-a-small-place/#comment-221968 OH MY GOSH... that is so weird.... one time i totally did that because i just got my first AIM sn and i wanted to just make up some fun ones and i WAS playing a game and hten all of the sudden every one had it and it became default i dont know how it even happened.... if it just like sort of magically "became" default because it sounded so proper or something... OH MY GOSH… that is so weird…. one time i totally did that because i just got my first AIM sn and i wanted to just make up some fun ones and i WAS playing a game and hten all of the sudden every one had it and it became default i dont know how it even happened…. if it just like sort of magically “became” default because it sounded so proper or something…

]]> By: Kcrazy http://www.intelliot.com/blog/archives/2004/08/21/the-internet-is-a-small-place/#comment-16663 Kcrazy Wed, 23 Nov 2005 01:27:07 +0000 http://www.intelliot.com/blog/archives/2004/08/21/the-internet-is-a-small-place/#comment-16663 yeah, i made that happen. About 5 years ago. i hacked into the aol mainframe and typed that as in away message just to see if it worked. and for pure luck it did. sorta funny really yeah, i made that happen. About 5 years ago. i hacked into the aol mainframe and typed that as in away message just to see if it worked. and for pure luck it did. sorta funny really

]]> By: Faraz http://www.intelliot.com/blog/archives/2004/08/21/the-internet-is-a-small-place/#comment-16565 Faraz Sat, 12 Nov 2005 19:33:05 +0000 http://www.intelliot.com/blog/archives/2004/08/21/the-internet-is-a-small-place/#comment-16565 DUDE, this is really weird. I remember doing the same thing a few years ago. I played a game than took up the entire screen so i made up an away message to kids wouldnt IM me, and now i see that this is one of the default ones with AIM, i never figured this out. DUDE, this is really weird. I remember doing the same thing a few years ago. I played a game than took up the entire screen so i made up an away message to kids wouldnt IM me, and now i see that this is one of the default ones with AIM, i never figured this out.

]]> By: john http://www.intelliot.com/blog/archives/2004/08/21/the-internet-is-a-small-place/#comment-127 john Mon, 30 Aug 2004 05:55:50 +0000 http://www.intelliot.com/blog/archives/2004/08/21/the-internet-is-a-small-place/#comment-127 according to the first entry at urbandictionary.com: pwned A corruption of the word "Owned." This originated in an online game called Warcraft, where a map designer misspelled "owned." When the computer beat a player, it was supposed to say, so-and-so "has been owned." Instead, it said, so-and-so "has been pwned." It basically means "to own" or to be dominated by an opponent or situation, especially by some god-like or computer-like force. "Man, I rock at my job, but I still got a bad evaluation. I was pwned." OR "That team totally pwned us." according to the first entry at urbandictionary.com:

pwned

A corruption of the word “Owned.” This originated in an online game called Warcraft, where a map designer misspelled “owned.” When the computer beat a player, it was supposed to say, so-and-so “has been owned.”

Instead, it said, so-and-so “has been pwned.”

It basically means “to own” or to be dominated by an opponent or situation, especially by some god-like or computer-like force.

“Man, I rock at my job, but I still got a bad evaluation. I was pwned.”

OR

“That team totally pwned us.”

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