Spacedmonkey

Top 10 reasons that University is like primary School

1. You cry for your mother.
2. You cross the street without looking for cars.
3. Snack time is a necessity.
4. You bundle up for the outdoors without caring what you look
   like because everyone else looks as stupid as you do.
5. You stay at home and play games with your friends.
6. You wear your backpack on both shoulders.
7. You wear big mittens.
8. Playing in the snow is a legitimate activity.
9. You take naps.
10. You look forward to cheese toasties.

This is the forth part of series of posts about life at university and my thought on my first year. The first post in the series just had some general thoughts I had coming straight back from Portsmouth. This post is entitled “The internet“.

When I think of my life at the University of Portsmouth can not seem to imagine what it would be like without the internet. It is such a big part of how I interact with the world and the people around me. It is how I relax by watching funny videos, how I research work problems and where I talk to my friends at the end of the day.

So here is my top ten useful sites
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Here is a list of crazy ideas to lower the price of patrol.

10. Make all roads downhill
9. Cheaper self-service price if you pump the oil and refine it yourself
8. Gas comes from dinosaurs, so all we need are more dinosaurs
7. Invade Iraq
6. Give Cheney a sawed-off shotgun and have him stick up an Exxon
5. Tax cuts for the rich
4. Get Bush and the middle east to straighten everything out on Oprah
3. Jet packs for everyone
2. Gas only costs 12 cents a gallon in Venezuela; drive to Venezuela for gas
1. Get tubby genius Al Gore to figure it out

10. Runs on 200 D batteries
9. In the morning you have to defrost it
8. Runs on Windows 78
7. Box reads Pre-loaded with hundreds of viruses!
6. Tech support number is a Silicon Valley burger king
5. For better internet reception, salesman includes pair of rabbit ears
4. You move the pointer around by licking the screen
3. It’s made by IBN
2. The mouse bit you
1. When you tell it to print, it tells you to go screw yourself

You have to be very careful when picking your domain, it it what people will must remember about your site. But check out these muppets..

1. A site called Who Represents where you can find the name of the agent that represents a celebrity. Their domain name wait for it is
   www.whorepresents.com
2. Experts Exchange, a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views at
   www.expertsexchange.com
3. Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island at
   www.penisland.net
4. Need a therapist? Try Therapist Finder at
   www.therapistfinder.com
5. Then of course, there’s the Italian Power Generator company
   www.powergenitalia.com
6. And now, we have the Mole Station Native Nursery, based in New South Wales:
   www.molestationnursery.com
7. If you’re looking for computer software, there’s always
   www.ipanywhere.com
8. Welcome to the First Cumming Methodist Church. Their website is
   www.cummingfirst.com
9. Then, of course, there’s these brainless art designers, and their whacky website:
   www.speedofart.com
10. Want to holiday in Lake Tahoe? Try their brochure website at
    www.gotahoe.com

Thanks to Will Setters for the list