copyparty n.
[C64/amiga demoscene ]A computer
party organized so demosceners can meet other in real life, and to
facilitate software copying (mostly pirated software). The
copyparty has become less common as the Internet makes
communication easier. The demoscene has gradually evolved the
demoparty to replace it.
[C64/amiga demoscene ]A computer
party organized so demosceners can meet other in real life, and to
facilitate software copying (mostly pirated software). The
copyparty has become less common as the Internet makes
communication easier. The demoscene has gradually evolved the
demoparty to replace it.
Related:
- demoscene /dem'oh-seen/
[also `demo scene'] A culture of
multimedia hackers located primarily in Scandinavia and northern
Europe.
Demoscene folklore recounts that when old-time warez... - demoparty n.
[demoscene] Aboveground descendant of
the copyparty,
with emphasis shifted away from software piracy ... - demoeffect n.
[demoscene] What among hackers is
called a display hack.
Classical effects include "plasma" (colorful mess)... - demogroup n.
[demoscene] A group of demo
(sense 4) composers.
Job titles within a group include coders (the ones... - doubled sig [Usenet] n.
A sig block that has been
included twice in a Usenet article or,
less commonly, in an electronic mail message. An... - Real computer scientists despise the idea of actual hardware.
Hardware has limitations, software doesn't. It's a...
From the same category:
- earthquake n.
[IBM] The ultimate real-world shock test for
computer hardware.
Hackish sources at IBM deny the rumor that the Bay... - spelling flame n. //
[Usenet] A posting ostentatiously
correcting a previous article's spelling as a way of casting scorn
on the point the article was trying to make,
instead of actually ... - elegant adj.
[common; from mathematical usage]
Combining simplicity,
power, and a certain ineffable grace of design.... - brain fart n.
The actual result of a braino, as
opposed to the mental glitch that is the braino itself.
E.g., typing dir on a Unix box after a session with... - cd tilde /C-D til-d*/ vi.
To go home. From the Unix
C-shell and Korn-shell command cd ~,
which takes one to one's $HOME (cd with no arguments...
