YKYBHTLW // abbrev.
Abbreviation of `You know you've been
hacking too long when...', which became established on the Usenet
group alt.folklore.computers during extended discussion of the
indicated entry in the Jargon File.
Abbreviation of `You know you've been
hacking too long when...', which became established on the Usenet
group alt.folklore.computers during extended discussion of the
indicated entry in the Jargon File.
Related:
- YKYBHTLW: // Abbreviation of `You know you've been hacking too
long when.
', which became established on the USENET group ... - You know you've been hacking too long when...
...you open a window to find a phone number in a file,
then try to cut & paste it to the phone... - You know you've been hacking too long when...
..
your computers have a higher street value than your... - You know you've been hacking too long when...
...you go to lunch and there are no forks at the cafeteria,
to which you exclaim: fork(): no more... - nasal demons n.
Recognized shorthand on the Usenet group
comp.std.c for any unexpected behavior of a C compiler on
encountering an undefined construct.
During a discussion on that group in early 1992... - You know you've been hacking too long when...
...you wonder why you can't just go:
sleep 28800& and go on with your hacking... - You know you've been hacking too long when...
..
you begin all of your questions with "INPUT. . ... - You know you've been hacking too long when...
..
you count sheep in hex... - You know you've been hacking too long when...
..
you count things on your fingers in binary...
From the same category:
- hungry puppy n.
Syn.
slopsucker... - printing discussion n.
[XEROX PARC] A protracted,
low-level, time-consuming, generally pointless discussion... - overrun screw n.
[C programming] A variety of fandango on core produced by scribbling past the end of
implementations typically have no checks for this error).
This is relatively benign... - womble n.
[Unisys UK: from British cartoon characters]
A user who has great difficulty in communicating their requirements
and/or in using the resulting software.
Extreme case of luser. An... - newbie /n[y]oo'bee/ n.
[verry common; orig. from
British public-school and military slang variant of `new boy'] A
Usenet neophyte.
This term surfaced in the newsgroup talk.bizarre...
