April 2020
Intermediate to advanced
340 pages
8h 38m
English

offline adj. 1. Meeting at a later time to disucss something that is outside what’s currently being addressed (see parking lot). 2. When a computer is disconnected from other computers or a communication system.
BS Definition: 1. What you say to delay a person’s realization that you don’t really give a rat’s a** about their problems. 2. Thanks to Steve Jobs, what you never are.
Origin: Surprise! The origination of offline (and its opposite, online) didn’t arrive with the development of the World Wide Web. The earliest references actually go back as far as the 19th century, to the railroad and telegraph industries. In particular, the term