diff --git a/entries/muggle.txt b/entries/muggle.txt index 3594217..6573d26 100644 --- a/entries/muggle.txt +++ b/entries/muggle.txt @@ -1,12 +1,11 @@ muggle A non- wizard. Not as disparaging as luser ; implies vague pity rather than -contempt. In the universe of Rowling's enormously (and deservedly) popular -children's series, muggles and wizards inhabit the same modern world, but -each group is ignorant of the commonplaces of the others' existence most -muggles are unaware that wizards exist, and wizards (used to magical ways of -doing everything) are perplexed and fascinated by muggle artifacts. In -retrospect it seems completely inevitable that hackers would adopt this -metaphor, and in hacker usage it readily forms compounds such as -muggle-friendly. Compare luser , mundane , chainik , newbie. - +contempt. In the universe of Rowling's popular children's series, muggles +and wizards inhabit the same modern world, but each group is ignorant of +the commonplaces of the others' existence most muggles are unaware that +wizards exist, and wizards (used to magical ways of doing everything) are +perplexed and fascinated by muggle artifacts. In retrospect it seems +completely inevitable that hackers would adopt this metaphor, and in hacker +usage it readily forms compounds such as muggle-friendly. Compare luser, +mundane, chainik, newbie. diff --git a/entries/spam.txt b/entries/spam.txt index 2190cf0..5803641 100644 --- a/entries/spam.txt +++ b/entries/spam.txt @@ -3,13 +3,9 @@ spam vt.,vi.,n. [from Monty Python's Flying Circus ] 1. To crash a program by overrunning a fixed-size buffer with excessively large input data. See also buffer overflow , overrun screw , smash the stack. 2. To cause a newsgroup -to be flooded with irrelevant or inappropriate messages. You can spam a -newsgroup with as little as one well- (or ill-) planned message (e.g. asking -What do you think of abortion? on soc.women ). This is often done with -cross-post ing (e.g. any message which is cross-posted to alt.rush-limbaugh -and alt.politics.homosexuality will almost inevitably spam both groups). -This overlaps with troll behavior; the latter more specific term has become -more common. 3. To send many identical or nearly-identical messages +to be flooded with irrelevant or inappropriate messages. This overlaps with +troll behavior; the latter more specific term has become more common. +3. To send many identical or nearly-identical messages separately to a large number of Usenet newsgroups. This is more specifically called ECP , Excessive Cross-Posting. This is one sure way to infuriate nearly everyone on the Net. See also velveeta and jello. 4. To bombard a