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2014-04-26 14:52:28 +00:00
fear and loathing
2014-04-26 15:54:15 +00:00
n. [from Hunter S. Thompson] A state inspired by the prospect of dealing
with certain real-world systems and standards that are totally brain-damaged
but ubiquitous Intel 8086s, or COBOL , or EBCDIC , or any IBM machine bigger
than a workstation. Ack! They want PCs to be able to talk to the AI machine.