The Loony Bin
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Tue, 26 Aug 1997 23:52:11 +0100
Hiya People...
Here's are some daft definitions from Alan...
Wishes & Dreams...
- ANDREA
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Some pertinent definitions from the Oregonian Edge
Bit Diddling - wasting hours manipulating computer bits (words, images
etc.) with little to show for it.
Rasterbation - aka Bit Diddling.
Cornea Gumbo - A visual mess often created by excessive rasterbation.
Cube farm - An office full of cubicles.
Geekosphere - the area surrounding your computer where you display
trinkets, toys or monitor pets that have personal significance.
Meatspace - computer-geek slang for the physical world (as opposed to
cyberspace)
Carbon community - aka meatspace or RL for Real Life.
Percussive maintenance - whacking a device to get it working.
Prairie dogging - when someone raises a commotion in a cube farm, and
everyone else's head pop over the walls to get a look.
Slogo - a combination corporate logo and slogan - Nike's just do it, for
example.