diff --git a/entries/bit bang.txt b/entries/bit bang.txt index 930c5e0..d31abbb 100644 --- a/entries/bit bang.txt +++ b/entries/bit bang.txt @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ tweaking a single output bit, in software, at the appropriate times. The technique is a simple loop with eight OUT and SHIFT instruction pairs for each byte. Input is more interesting. And full duplex (doing input and output at the same time) is one way to separate the real hackers from the -wannabee s. Bit bang was used on certain early models of Prime computers, +wannabees. Bit bang was used on certain early models of Prime computers, presumably when UARTs were too expensive, and on archaic Z80 micros with a Zilog PIO but no SIO. In an interesting instance of the cycle of reincarnation , this technique returned to use in the early 1990s on some @@ -13,4 +13,3 @@ RISC architectures because it consumes such an infinitesimal part of the processor that it actually makes sense not to have a UART. Compare cycle of reincarnation. Nowadays it's used to describe I2C, a serial protocol for monitoring motherboard hardware. - diff --git a/entries/ha ha only serious.txt b/entries/ha ha only serious.txt index e954ec8..16a6155 100644 --- a/entries/ha ha only serious.txt +++ b/entries/ha ha only serious.txt @@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ 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 +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. - +master. See also hacker humor, and koan. diff --git a/entries/lamer.txt b/entries/lamer.txt index 3c0e70e..c980bed 100644 --- a/entries/lamer.txt +++ b/entries/lamer.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ elite. Has the same connotations of self-conscious elitism that use of luser does among hackers. 2. Someone who tries to crack a BBS. 3. Someone who annoys the sysop or other BBS users for instance, by posting lots of silly messages, uploading virus-ridden software, frequently dropping carrier, etc. -Crackers also use it to refer to cracker wannabee s. In phreak culture, a +Crackers also use it to refer to cracker wannabees. In phreak culture, a lamer is one who scams codes off others rather than doing cracks or really understanding the fundamental concepts. In warez d00dz culture, where the ability to wave around cracked commercial software within days of (or @@ -20,4 +20,3 @@ popularized among Amiga crackers of the mid-1980s by Lamer Exterminator , the most famous and feared Amiga virus ever, which gradually corrupted non-write-protected floppy disks with bad sectors. The bad sectors, when looked at, were overwritten with repetitions of the string LAMER!. - diff --git a/entries/munchkin.txt b/entries/munchkin.txt index 6f9e186..b67c79b 100644 --- a/entries/munchkin.txt +++ b/entries/munchkin.txt @@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ munchkin The Wizard of Oz ] A teenage-or-younger micro enthusiast hacking BASIC or something else equally constricted. A term of mild derision munchkins are annoying but some grow up to be hackers after passing through a larval -stage. The term urchin is also used. See also wannabee , bitty box. - +stage. The term urchin is also used. See also wannabee, bitty box. diff --git a/entries/poser.txt b/entries/poser.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 936ce4b..0000000 --- a/entries/poser.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,7 +0,0 @@ -poser - -n. [from French poseur ] A wannabee ; not hacker slang, but used among -crackers, phreaks and warez d00dz. Not as negative as lamer or leech. -Probably derives from a similar usage among punk-rockers and metalheads, -putting down those who talk the talk but don't walk the walk. -