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• fear and loathing n. [from Hunter S.
• PDP-20 n. The most famous computer that never was.
  PDP-10 computers running the TOPS-10 operating system were labeled `DECsystem-10' as a way of differentiating them from the PDP-11....
• PDP-20: n. The most famous computer that never was.
  {PDP-10} computers running the {{TOPS-10}} operating system were labeled `DECsystem-10' as a way of differentiating them from the PDP-11....
• Real computer scientists work from 5 pm to 9 am because that's the only time they can get the 8 megabytes of main memory they need to edit specs.
  (Real work starts around 2 am when enough MIPS are free for their dynamic systems....
• fear and loathing: [from Hunter S. Thompson] n. A state inspired by the prospect of dealing with certain real-world systems and standards that are totally {brain-damaged} but ubiquitous --- Intel 8086
  or {COBOL}, or {{EBCDIC}}, or any {IBM} machine except the Rios (a....
• guru n. [Unix] An expert. Implies not only wizard skill but also a history of being a knowledge resource for others.
  Less often, used (with a qualifier) for other experts on other systems, as in `VMS guru'....
• guru: n. [UNIX] An expert. Implies not only {wizard} skill but also a history of being a knowledge resource for others.
  Less often, used (with a qualifier) for other experts on other systems, as in `VMS guru'....
• OS/2 SKYWAYS The terminal is almost empty, with only a few prospective passengers milling about.
  Airline personnel walk around, apologising profusely to customers in hushed voices, pointing from time to time to the sleek, powerful jets outside the terminal on the field....
• 1. Computers are unreliable, but humans are even more unreliable.
  2. The only difference between the fool, and the criminal who attacks a system is that the fool attacks unpredictably and on a broader front....