A Conversation for Ask h2g2
What's the little blue circle called?
Sho - employed again! Started conversation Oct 1, 2014
the one that replaced the egg-timer in the newer fangled computer thingys?
What's the little blue circle called?
KB Posted Oct 1, 2014
I don't know, but it should have a name. The Wheel of Waiting? The Disc of Delay?
What's the little blue circle called?
Florida Sailor All is well with the world Posted Oct 1, 2014
I like to call it the 'Spinning Wheel of Death', even if it is seldom that bad
Never let the truth get in the way of a good name
F S
What's the little blue circle called?
2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... Posted Oct 1, 2014
What's the little blue circle called?
Mol - on the new tablet Posted Oct 1, 2014
We call it the Spinning Wheel of Doom.
Mol
What's the little blue circle called?
MMF - Keeper of Mustelids, with added P.M.A., is now in a relationship. Posted Oct 2, 2014
To what is the device that you appertain, and is it only foreseen by the unenlightened, or is it also perceived by the acolytes of the esteemed, the Revered, Steven Jobs?
MMF
What's the little blue circle called?
Orcus Posted Oct 2, 2014
With macs, the equivalent is the spinning beach ball of death so I guess spinning wheel of doom makes sense
What's the little blue circle called?
Bluebottle Posted Oct 2, 2014
Blue Circle Cement?
(Other companies no longer trading are unavailable)
<BB<
What's the little blue circle called?
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Oct 2, 2014
I call mine Eddy.
What's the little blue circle called?
Teasswill Posted Oct 3, 2014
It's a bit like the little windows in a zoetrope.
What's the little blue circle called?
Menthol Penguin - Currently revising/editing my book Posted Oct 4, 2014
It's called a throbber (oh no, we'll get 2legs started now!).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throbber
What's the little blue circle called?
Researcher 14993127 Posted Oct 4, 2014
When that little blue circle is going round and round and the program isn't responding, it has a longish title hereabouts, namely,
*Oh sh*t, here we go again*
What's the little blue circle called?
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Oct 4, 2014
What's the little blue circle called?
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Oct 5, 2014
What's the little blue circle called?
Teasswill Posted Oct 5, 2014
Do you remember grey bar time?
I have blue line time now.
What's the little blue circle called?
2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... Posted Oct 5, 2014
What's the little blue circle called?
bobstafford Posted Oct 5, 2014
Hanging about with burglars in the past!!!
Key: Complain about this post
What's the little blue circle called?
- 1: Sho - employed again! (Oct 1, 2014)
- 2: KB (Oct 1, 2014)
- 3: Florida Sailor All is well with the world (Oct 1, 2014)
- 4: 2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... (Oct 1, 2014)
- 5: Mol - on the new tablet (Oct 1, 2014)
- 6: MMF - Keeper of Mustelids, with added P.M.A., is now in a relationship. (Oct 2, 2014)
- 7: Orcus (Oct 2, 2014)
- 8: You can call me TC (Oct 2, 2014)
- 9: Bluebottle (Oct 2, 2014)
- 10: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Oct 2, 2014)
- 11: Teasswill (Oct 3, 2014)
- 12: Menthol Penguin - Currently revising/editing my book (Oct 4, 2014)
- 13: Deb (Oct 4, 2014)
- 14: Researcher 14993127 (Oct 4, 2014)
- 15: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Oct 4, 2014)
- 16: A T Hun (Oct 4, 2014)
- 17: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Oct 5, 2014)
- 18: Teasswill (Oct 5, 2014)
- 19: 2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... (Oct 5, 2014)
- 20: bobstafford (Oct 5, 2014)
More Conversations for Ask h2g2
Write an Entry
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a wholly remarkable book. It has been compiled and recompiled many times and under many different editorships. It contains contributions from countless numbers of travellers and researchers."