Xref: utzoo alt.folklore.computers:8014 comp.unix.internals:1526 comp.misc:10947 Path: utzoo!mnetor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au!adam.adelaide.edu.au!phil From: phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au (Phil Kernick) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.unix.internals,comp.misc Subject: The Jargon File Message-ID: Date: 17 Dec 90 04:10:28 GMT Sender: news@ucs.adelaide.edu.au Followup-To: alt.folklore.computers Organization: University of Adelaide Lines: 28 Nntp-Posting-Host: adam.adelaide.edu.au More stuff for the jargon file from over in Australia... - FARMING v. The process of ploughing up the magnetic media of a fixed disk drive by the mechanism of an interference fit between the head and the platter. Associated with a CRASH. Typically used as follows: "Oh no, the machine has just CRASHed again, I hope the hard drive hasn't gone FARMING again." Occured with remarkable frequency on a MicroVax. FISH n. Another metasyntactic variable. See FOO. Derived initially from the Monty-Python skit in the middle of "The Meaning of Life", entitled "Find the fish". CHERNOBYL CHICKEN n. Common oriental food known to the masses as "Lemon chicken". Consumed in great quantities on Wednesday nights as this was "Chinese night" (as diffent from pizza night, yiros night etc). The name is derived from the colour of the food, that is believed to be so bright that it will glow in the dark, much like some of the fabled inhabitants of Chernobyl. -- /// Phil Kernick EMail: phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au /// Departmental Engineer Phone: +618 228 5914 \\\/// Dept. of Psychology Fax: +618 224 0464 \/// University of Adelaide Mail: GPO Box 498 Adelaide SA 5001