standard build- July 27, 2005 standard build, noun: A system of maintenance whereby all computers in an environment are kept equally disfunctional.http://www.eod.com/devil/archive/standard_build.html secure- July 26, 2005 secure, adjective: Completely free of officially documented security holes, and with fewer than a dozen actual exploits. "Windows is finally secure!"http://www.eod.com/devil/archive/secure.html flamewar- July 25, 2005 flamewar, noun: Reasoned discourse, when compared to the rest of the Internet.http://www.eod.com/devil/archive/flamewar.html caffeine- July 24, 2005 caffeine, noun: A contract, wherein a regular heartbeat is exchanged for the ability to introduce subtle bugs, late at night, the day before a product ships.http://www.eod.com/devil/archive/caffeine.html sunshine- July 23, 2005 sunshine, noun: Nuclear radiation, meaning it will kill you. "Sunshine! Noooooo!"http://www.eod.com/devil/archive/sunshine.html MSM- July 22, 2005 MSM, acronym: An acronym for "mainstream media," or a crutch that bloggers have leaned on so often that they've squashed it down to three tiny letters.http://www.eod.com/devil/archive/msm.html NCC-1701- July 21, 2005 NCC-1701, proper noun: The password to every third Linux shell account.http://www.eod.com/devil/archive/ncc-1701.html |