asbestos cork award n.
Once, long ago at MIT, there was a
flamer so consistently obnoxious that another hacker designed,
had made, and distributed posters announcing that said flamer had
been nominated for the `asbestos cork award'. (Any reader in
doubt as to the intended application of the cork should consult the
etymology under flame.) Since then, it is agreed that only a
select few have risen to the heights of bombast required to earn
this dubious dignity -- but there is no agreement on which
few.
Once, long ago at MIT, there was a
flamer so consistently obnoxious that another hacker designed,
had made, and distributed posters announcing that said flamer had
been nominated for the `asbestos cork award'. (Any reader in
doubt as to the intended application of the cork should consult the
etymology under flame.) Since then, it is agreed that only a
select few have risen to the heights of bombast required to earn
this dubious dignity -- but there is no agreement on which
few.
Related:
- asbestos cork award n.
Once, long ago at MIT, there was a
flamer so consistently obnoxious that another hacker designed,
had made, and distributed posters announcing that said... - asbestos: adj. Used as a modifier to anything intended to protect
one from {flame}s;
also in other highly {flame}-suggestive usages.... - flamer: n. One who habitually {flame}s. Said esp. of obnoxious
{USENET} personalities.
The AI Hackers... - flamer n.
[common] One who habitually flames.
Said esp.
of obnoxious Usenet personalities... - back door n.
[common] A hole in the security of a
system deliberately left in place by designers or maintainers.
The motivation for such holes is not always sinister... - phase of the moon n.
Used humorously as a random parameter
on which something is said to depend.
Sometimes implies unreliability of whatever is dependent... - asbestos longjohns: n. Notional garments donned by {USENET}
posters just before emitting a remark they expect will elicit
{flamage}.
This is the most common of the {asbestos} coinages... - asbestos longjohns n.
Notional garments donned by
Usenet posters just before emitting a remark they expect will
elicit flamage.
This is the most common of the asbestos coinages... - bug n.
An unwanted and unintended property of a program or
piece of hardware,
esp. one that causes it to malfunction. Antonym...
From the same category:
- tune vt.
[from automotive or musical usage] To optimize a
program or system for a particular environment,
esp. by adjusting numerical parameters designed... - root mode n.
Syn. with wizard mode or `wheel mode'.
Like these, it is often generalized to describe privileged... - toaster n.
1. The archetypal really stupid application
for an embedded microprocessor controller;
often used in comments that imply that a scheme... - nyetwork /nyet'werk/ n.
[from Russian `nyet' = no] A
network,
when it is acting flaky or is down. Compare notwork... - xref /X'ref/ v.,n.
Hackish standard abbreviation for `cross-reference'...
