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 #2 (permalink) Sat Dec 08, 2007 23:10 pm ways of saying "a computer froze up" |
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Hi Alex,
Hang-up is what I barely say in the similar situation. But your suggested option freeze up I like better now :lol: |
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| #3 (permalink) Sun Dec 09, 2007 1:21 am ways of saying "a computer froze up" |
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| lost_soul wrote: |
| I'm curious about the ways you use to say that your computer has sudenly become very slow, irresponsible (безответственный) to your commands (like you just ran a very big program which takes a lot of resourses). |
Alex, you should say unresponsive (неотзывчивый) to your commands.
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Could you say "The darn thing froze up again !"
or "The computer hung again !!! I'm about to choke it out the window"? |
"Choke" something out the window doesn't make sense to me. Are you sure you don't want to say chuck it out the window?
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| Or maybe you have your own favourite phrase, then I'd like to know it. |
If the computer completely stops, we say it seizes or crashes.
If it doesn't seize up but becomes very slow to process commands, we sometimes say the computer gets constipated. |
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| #4 (permalink) Sun Dec 09, 2007 6:59 am ways of saying "a computer froze up" |
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Thanks !!!
Sorry, Jamie... How irresponsible of me :oops: Yes, I actually did want to write "unresponsive" and "chuck"... Just not getting enough sleep told on me :) |
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