From 67fbbaff84e04584d414ce8a49e3f88ffbdcf356 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Mottram Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 14:48:37 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Tidying --- entries/Nathan Hale.txt | 5 ++--- entries/mouso.txt | 5 ++--- entries/neep-neep.txt | 7 +++---- entries/netburp.txt | 3 +-- entries/netdead.txt | 3 +-- 5 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/entries/Nathan Hale.txt b/entries/Nathan Hale.txt index 0f54509..6fc256c 100644 --- a/entries/Nathan Hale.txt +++ b/entries/Nathan Hale.txt @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ Nathan Hale n. An asterisk (see also splat , ASCII ). Oh, you want an etymology? -Notionally, from I regret that I have only one asterisk for my country! , a -misquote of the famous remark uttered by Nathan Hale just before he was +Notionally, from I regret that I have only one asterisk for my country!, +a misquote of the famous remark uttered by Nathan Hale just before he was hanged. Hale was a (failed) spy for the rebels in the American War of Independence. - diff --git a/entries/mouso.txt b/entries/mouso.txt index 64768d1..5d15440 100644 --- a/entries/mouso.txt +++ b/entries/mouso.txt @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@ mouso /mowsoh/ , n. [by analogy with typo ] An error in mouse usage resulting in -an inappropriate selection or graphic garbage on the screen. Compare thinko -, braino. - +an inappropriate selection or graphic garbage on the screen. Compare thinko, +braino. diff --git a/entries/neep-neep.txt b/entries/neep-neep.txt index 4bdda91..1f79d64 100644 --- a/entries/neep-neep.txt +++ b/entries/neep-neep.txt @@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ neep-neep /neep neep/ , n. [onomatopoeic, widely spread through SF fandom but reported to have originated at Caltech in the 1970s] One who is fascinated by -computers. Less specific than hacker , as it need not imply more skill than -is required to play games on a PC. The derived noun neeping applies +computers. Less specific than hacker, as it need not imply more skill than +is required to play games on a PC or console. The derived noun neeping applies specifically to the long conversations about computers that tend to develop in the corners at most SF-convention parties (the term neepery is also in wide use). Fandom has a related proverb to the effect that Hacking is a -conversational black hole!. Prev Up Next neats vs. - +conversational black hole!. diff --git a/entries/netburp.txt b/entries/netburp.txt index 09a72f5..0e10bde 100644 --- a/entries/netburp.txt +++ b/entries/netburp.txt @@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ n. [IRC] When netlag gets really bad, and delays between servers exceed a certain threshold, the IRC network effectively becomes partitioned for a period of time, and large numbers of people seem to be signing off at the same time and then signing back on again when things get better. An instance -of this is called a netburp (or, sometimes, netsplit ). Prev Up Next net. - +of this is called a netburp (or, more commonly, netsplit). diff --git a/entries/netdead.txt b/entries/netdead.txt index ad62bcc..7f08053 100644 --- a/entries/netdead.txt +++ b/entries/netdead.txt @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@ netdead -n. [IRC] The state of someone who signs off IRC , perhaps during a netburp , +n. [IRC] The state of someone who signs off IRC, perhaps during a netburp, and doesn't sign back on until later. In the interim, he is dead to the net. Compare link-dead. -