The Jargon File
Phil Kernick
phil at adam.adelaide.edu.au
Mon Dec 17 15:10:28 AEST 1990
More stuff for the jargon file from over in Australia...
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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.
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