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Off topic but the word/prefix "cyber" is so cool. I wish it was used more, like the "e-" prefix for internet applications.

83457 9y ago
Cyber is short for cybersex in some minds which makes official statements and words sound funny. Was just thinking about how cool it must be for Gibson to have pulled a term like cyberspace out of his head years ago and for it to be such a widely used term now. Edit, found video interview... https://youtu.be/ae3z7Oe3XF4 https://youtu.be/ae3z7Oe3XF4
- richardknop 9y ago
  What? I was not aware that cyber is short for cybersex. That's strange. I thought cybersecurity, cyberspace, cyberpunk are what most people would imagine if they hear "cyber". When I hear "cyber" the mental image I get is some sort of a scene from Matrix where Neo plugs a wire into his brain and goes into virtual world.
  - 83457 9y ago
    Cyber is an adjective essentially meaning computer. It is well known from the word cybernetics and later cyberspace. However I was pointing out that it used to be common to use the word "cyber" in phrases in place of cybersex like "want to cyber?". Maybe it was just a late-90/eary-2000s thing.
    - vertex-four 9y ago
      It's mostly been replaced by RP ("roleplay") or ERP ("erotic roleplay"), the latter of which can make business process discussions interesting.
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smcl 9y ago
You might like "CyberPrefixer" on twitter, a bit which adds "cyber-" to news headlines: https://twitter.com/cyberprefixer https://twitter.com/cyberprefixer Republicans cybervow to 'press on' with cyberhealth care bill in CNN cyberdebate Trump announces new US economic cybersanctions targeting North Korea over nuclear cyberprogram etc Some are a bit over-the-top, there's the odd gem though
- a012 9y ago
  Remind me of cloud-to-butt extension when the "cloud" word was used too much in just few years ago.
ryandrake 9y ago
I don't think anyone outside of the government and government contractors use "Cyber". Everyone else just says "computer". Apparently Cyber can be used as a noun, too [1]. 1: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/09/trumps-incoherent-ideas-about-the-cyber/501839/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/09/trump...

83457 9y ago

Cyber is short for cybersex in some minds which makes official statements and words sound funny. Was just thinking about how cool it must be for Gibson to have pulled a term like cyberspace out of his head years ago and for it to be such a widely used term now. Edit, found video interview... https://youtu.be/ae3z7Oe3XF4 https://youtu.be/ae3z7Oe3XF4

richardknop 9y ago
What? I was not aware that cyber is short for cybersex. That's strange. I thought cybersecurity, cyberspace, cyberpunk are what most people would imagine if they hear "cyber". When I hear "cyber" the mental image I get is some sort of a scene from Matrix where Neo plugs a wire into his brain and goes into virtual world.
- 83457 9y ago
  Cyber is an adjective essentially meaning computer. It is well known from the word cybernetics and later cyberspace. However I was pointing out that it used to be common to use the word "cyber" in phrases in place of cybersex like "want to cyber?". Maybe it was just a late-90/eary-2000s thing.
  - vertex-four 9y ago
    It's mostly been replaced by RP ("roleplay") or ERP ("erotic roleplay"), the latter of which can make business process discussions interesting.

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smcl 9y ago

You might like "CyberPrefixer" on twitter, a bit which adds "cyber-" to news headlines: https://twitter.com/cyberprefixer https://twitter.com/cyberprefixer Republicans cybervow to 'press on' with cyberhealth care bill in CNN cyberdebate Trump announces new US economic cybersanctions targeting North Korea over nuclear cyberprogram etc Some are a bit over-the-top, there's the odd gem though

a012 9y ago
Remind me of cloud-to-butt extension when the "cloud" word was used too much in just few years ago.

ryandrake 9y ago

I don't think anyone outside of the government and government contractors use "Cyber". Everyone else just says "computer". Apparently Cyber can be used as a noun, too [1]. 1: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/09/trumps-incoherent-ideas-about-the-cyber/501839/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/09/trump...