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entries/HHOK.txt

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-HHOK
-
-See ha ha only serious.
-

entries/HHOS.txt

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-HHOS
-
-See ha ha only serious.
-

entries/brute force.txt

@@ -30,11 +30,9 @@ take to develop a more intelligent algorithm. Additionally, a more
 intelligent algorithm may imply more long-term complexity cost and
 bug-chasing than are justified by the speed improvement. Ken Thompson,
 co-inventor of Unix, is reported to have uttered the epigram When in doubt,
-use brute force. He probably intended this as a ha ha only serious , but the
-original Unix kernel's preference for simple, robust, and portable
-algorithms over brittle smart ones does seem to have been a significant
-factor in the success of that OS. Like so many other tradeoffs in software
-design, the choice between brute force and complex, finely-tuned cleverness
-is often a difficult one that requires both engineering savvy and delicate
-esthetic judgment.
-
+use brute force. The original Unix kernel's preference for simple, robust,
+and portable algorithms over brittle smart ones does seem to have been a
+significant factor in the success of that OS. Like so many other
+tradeoffs in software design, the choice between brute force and complex,
+finely-tuned cleverness is often a difficult one that requires both
+engineering savvy and delicate esthetic judgment.

entries/emoticon.txt

@@ -3,27 +3,6 @@ emoticon
 /eemohtikon/ , n. [common] An ASCII glyph used to indicate an emotional
 state in email or news. Although originally intended mostly as jokes,
 emoticons (or some other explicit humor indication) are virtually required
-under certain circumstances in high-volume text-only communication forums
-such as Usenet; the lack of verbal and visual cues can otherwise cause what
-were intended to be humorous, sarcastic, ironic, or otherwise
-non-100%-serious comments to be badly misinterpreted (not always even by
-newbie s), resulting in arguments and flame war s. Hundreds of emoticons
-have been proposed, but only a few are in common use. These include: :-)
-smiley face (for humor, laughter, friendliness, occasionally sarcasm) :-(
-frowney face (for sadness, anger, or upset) ;-) half-smiley ( ha ha only
-serious ); also known as semi-smiley or winkey face. :-/ wry face (These may
-become more comprehensible if you tilt your head sideways, to the left.) The
-first two listed are by far the most frequently encountered. Hyphenless
-forms of them are common on CompuServe, GEnie, and BIX; see also bixie. On
-Usenet , smiley is often used as a generic term synonymous with emoticon ,
-as well as specifically for the happy-face emoticon. The invention of the
-original smiley and frowney emoticons is generally credited to Scott Fahlman
-at CMU in 1982. He later wrote: I wish I had saved the original post, or at
-least recorded the date for posterity, but I had no idea that I was starting
-something that would soon pollute all the world's communication channels. In
-September 2002 the original post was recovered. There is a rival claim by
-one Kevin McKenzie, who seems to have proposed the smiley on the MsgGroup
-mailing list, April 12 1979. It seems likely these two inventions were
-independent. Users of the PLATO educational system report using emoticons
-composed from overlaid dot-matrix graphics in the 1970s.
-
+under certain circumstances in high-volume text-only communication such
+as chat systems. The original invention of emoticons happened on the
+PLATO IV education system in 1972. Also see emoji.

entries/foo.txt

@@ -69,10 +69,7 @@ reports that in the 1959 Dictionary of the TMRC Language , compiled at TMRC
 , there was an entry that went something like this: FOO: The first syllable
 of the sacred chant phrase FOO MANE PADME HUM. Our first obligation is to
 keep the foo counters turning. (For more about the legendary foo counters,
-see TMRC. ) This definition used Bill Holman's nonsense word, then only two
-decades old and demonstrably still live in popular culture and slang, to a
-ha ha only serious analogy with esoteric Tibetan Buddhism. Today's hackers
-would find it difficult to resist elaborating a joke like that, and it is
-not likely 1959's were any less susceptible. Almost the entire staff of what
-later became the MIT AI Lab was involved with TMRC, and the word spread from
-there.
+see TMRC. ) Today's hackers would find it difficult to resist elaborating
+a joke like that, and it is not likely 1959's were any less susceptible.
+Almost the entire staff of what later became the MIT AI Lab was involved
+with TMRC, and the word spread from there.

entries/ha ha only serious.txt

@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-ha ha only serious
-
-A phrase (often seen abbreviated as HHOS) that aptly captures the flavor of
-much hacker discourse. Applied especially to parodies, absurdities, and
-ironic jokes that are both intended and perceived to contain a possibly
-disquieting amount of truth, or truths that are constructed on in-joke and
-self-parody. This lexicon contains many examples of ha-ha-only-serious in
-both form and content. Indeed, the entirety of hacker culture is often
-perceived as ha-ha-only-serious by hackers themselves; to take it either too
-lightly or too seriously marks a person as an outsider, a wannabee, or in
-larval stage. For further enlightenment on this subject, consult any Zen
-master. See also hacker humor, and koan.

entries/hacker humor.txt

@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@ cartoons, the Marx brothers, the early B-52s, and Monty Python's Flying
 Circus. Humor that combines this trait with elements of high camp and
 slapstick is especially favored. 6. References to the symbol-object
 antinomies and associated ideas in Zen Buddhism and (less often) Taoism. See
-has the X nature , Discordianism , zen , ha ha only serious , koan. See also
+has the X nature, Discordianism, zen, koan. See also
 filk , retrocomputing , and the Portrait of J. Random Hacker in Appendix B.
 If you have an itchy feeling that all six of these traits are really aspects
 of one thing that is incredibly difficult to talk about exactly, you are (a)
 correct and (b) responding like a hacker. These traits are also recognizable
 (though in a less marked form) throughout science-fiction fandom.
-

entries/science-fiction fandom.txt

@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ n. Another voluntary subculture having a very heavy overlap with hackerdom;
 most hackers read SF and/or fantasy fiction avidly, and many go to cons (SF
 conventions) or are involved in fandom-connected activities such as the
 Society for Creative Anachronism. Some hacker jargon originated in SF
-fandom; see defenestration , great-wall , cyberpunk , h , ha ha only serious
-, IMHO , mundane , neep-neep , Real Soon Now. Additionally, the jargon terms
-cowboy , cyberspace , de-rezz , go flatline , ice , phage , virus , wetware
-, wirehead , and worm originated in SF stories.
-
+fandom; see defenestration, great-wall, cyberpunk, h, IMHO, mundane,
+neep-neep, Real Soon Now. Additionally, the jargon terms cowboy,
+cyberspace, de-rezz, go flatline, ice, phage, virus, wetware, wirehead,
+and worm originated in SF stories.

entries/slack.txt

@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ information. The techspeak equivalent is internal fragmentation. Antonym:
 hole. 2. In the theology of the Church of the SubGenius , a mystical
 substance or quality that is the prerequisite of all human happiness. Since
 Unix files are stored compactly, except for the unavoidable wastage in the
-last block or fragment, it might be said that Unix has no slack. See ha ha
-only serious. 3. A proprietary messaging system inferior to XMPP.
+last block or fragment, it might be said that Unix has no slack. 3. A
+proprietary messaging system inferior to XMPP.

entries/teledildonics.txt

@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
 teledildonics
 
-/tel`@dildo'niks/ , n. Sex in a computer simulated virtual reality, esp.
-computer-mediated sexual interaction between the VR presences of two humans.
-This practice is not yet possible except in the rather limited form of
-erotic conversation on MUDs and the like. The term, however, is widely
-recognized in the VR community as a ha ha only serious projection of things
-to come. When we can sustain a multi-sensory surround good enough for
-teledildonics, then we'll know we're getting somewhere. See also hot chat.
+/tel`@dildo'niks/ , n. Sex via internet connected toys. See also hot chat.

entries/the network.txt

@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ second wave of wide-area computer networking began around 1980). 3. A
 fictional conspiracy of libertarian hacker-subversives and
 anti-authoritarian monkeywrenchers described in Robert Anton Wilson's novel
 Schrdinger's Cat , to which many hackers have subsequently decided they
-belong (this is an example of ha ha only serious ). In sense 1, the network
-is often abbreviated to the net. Are you on the net? is a frequent question
-when hackers first meet face to face, and See you on the net! is a frequent
-goodbye.
-
+belong. In sense 1, the network is often abbreviated to the net. Are you
+on the net? is a frequent question when hackers first meet face to face,
+and See you on the net! is a frequent goodbye.