:studlycaps: /stuhd'lee-kaps/ n. A hackish form of silliness
similar to {BiCapitalization} for trademarks, but applied
randomly and to arbitrary text rather than to trademarks. ThE
oRigiN and SigNificaNce of thIs pRacTicE iS oBscuRe.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
similar to {BiCapitalization} for trademarks, but applied
randomly and to arbitrary text rather than to trademarks. ThE
oRigiN and SigNificaNce of thIs pRacTicE iS oBscuRe.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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- studlycaps /stuhd'lee-kaps/ n.
A hackish form of
silliness similar to BiCapitalization for trademarks,
but applied randomly and to arbitrary text rather... - BiCapitalization: n. The act said to have been performed on
trademarks (such as {PostScript},
NeXT, {NeWS}, VisiCalc, FrameMaker, TK!solver, EasyWriter)... - BiCapitalization n.
The act said to have been performed on
trademarks (such as PostScript,
NeXT, NeWS, VisiCalc, FrameMaker, TK!solver, EasyWriter)... - incantation: n. Any particularly arbitrary or obscure command that
one must mutter at a system to attain a desired result.
Not used of passwords or other explicit security... - in the extreme: adj. A preferred superlative suffix for many hackish
terms.
See, for example, `obscure in the extreme' under {obscure}... - snivitz: /sniv'itz/ n. A hiccup in hardware or software;
a small, transient problem of unknown origin (less... - mandelbug: /man'del-buhg/ [from the Mandelbrot set] n.
A bug whose underlying causes are so complex and... - creep: v. To advance, grow, or multiply inexorably.
In hackish usage this verb has overtones of menace... - case and paste: [from `cut and paste'] n. 1. The addition of a new
{feature} to an existing system by selecting the code from an
existing feature and pasting it in with minor changes.
Common in telephony circles because most operations...
From the same category:
- The more advanced the civilization,
the less powerful the individual... - I have an exposition of sleep come upon me.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616),
A Midsummer Night's Dream -- Act iv, Sc.... - The highway of life is always under
construction... - Think sideways!
--
Ed De... - No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate one and love the other,
or he will hold to one and despise the other. You cannot...
