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Jargon Coiner (#8)
An irregular feature that aims to give you advance warning of new jargon
that we've just made up.
* STAR SPINOFFS: Applying themes and ideas from "Star Wars" and "Star
Trek" to contemporary events.
Examples: "Let the Source be with you!", "Microsoft is the Evil Empire",
"Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated by Microsoft".
* TRADEMARKIZATION(tm): Giving a phrase special meaning by appending a
trademark symbol to it.
Examples: "Think Free Speech, Not Free Beer(tm)", "Real Soon Now(tm)",
"Blue Screen of Death(tm)"
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Jargon Coiner (#5) An irregular feature that aims to give you advance warning of new jargon that we've just made up.
* DUKE OF URL: A person who publishes their Netscape bookmark file on their homepage....
Jargon Coiner (#12) An irregular feature that aims to give you advance warning of new jargon that we've just made up.
* IPO (I've Patented the Obvious): Acquiring patents on trivial things and then hitting other companies over the head with them....
Jargon Coiner (#10) An irregular feature that aims to give you advance warning of new jargon that we've just made up.
* HOBTOB (Hanging Out By The O'Reilly Books): Seeking free Linux technical support at a bookstore by waiting near the computer books for a geek to come by and then casually asking them for help....
Jargon Coiner (#4) An irregular feature that aims to give you advance warning of new jargon that we've just made up.
* FREE LECTURE: Attempting to explain the concepts of Linux, Open Source software, free software, and gift cultures to someone who is not familiar with them....
Jargon Coiner (#6) An irregular feature that aims to give you advance warning of new jargon that we've just made up.
* TLDography (pronounced till-daw-graffy): The study of top leval domains....
Jargon Coiner (#3) An irregular feature that aims to give you advance warning of new jargon that we've just made up.
* LILOSPLAININ': Arduous process of explaining why there's now a LILO boot prompt on the office computer....
Jargon Coiner (#13) An irregular feature that aims to give you advance warning of new jargon that we've just made up.
* NINETY-NINERS: In 1849, a horde of people ("Forty-niners") headed to California to pan gold and get rich quick....
Jargon Coiner (#9) An irregular feature that aims to give you advance warning of new jargon that we've just made up.
* RHYMES WITH CYNICS: The final answer to any debate about how to pronounce Linux....
Borg n. In "Star Trek: The Next Generation" the Borg is a species of cyborg that ruthlessly seeks to incorporate all sentient life into itself
heir slogan is "Resistence is futile. You will be assimilated....