diff --git a/docs/jargon-org.txt b/docs/jargon-org.txt index d79273c..94b7b93 100644 --- a/docs/jargon-org.txt +++ b/docs/jargon-org.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ * License -Copyright (c) 2017 My Name +Copyright (c) 2018 My Name Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Free Documentation License". * Generated -This file last generated Monday, 11 December 2017 10:42AM UTC +This file last generated Sunday, 04 February 2018 01:27PM UTC * Glossary ** ( @@ -2301,6 +2301,9 @@ n.,vt. [common] What data (a piece of email or netnews, or a stream of TCP/IP pa *** black magic n. [common] A technique that works, though nobody really understands why. More obscure than voodoo programming , which may be done by cookbook. Compare also black art , deep magic , and magic number (sense 2). +*** blameware +In corporate environments this is typically closed source software procured for the purpose of having some external entity to blame when things inevitably go wrong. Software as a strategy for deflecting blame within the organizational structure. The efficiency or usefulness of the software doesn't matter so long as it can be used to absorb blame. "Get the blame out of the building". + *** blammo v. [Oxford Brookes University and alumni, UK] To forcibly remove someone from any interactive system, especially talker systems. The operators, who may remain hidden, may blammo a user who is misbehaving. Very similar to archaic MIT gun ; in fact, the blammo-gun is a notional device used to blammo someone. While in actual fact the only incarnation of the blammo-gun is the command used to forcibly eject a user, operators speak of different levels of blammo-gun fire; e.g., a blammo-gun to stun will temporarily remove someone, but a blammo-gun set to maim will stop someone coming back on for a while. diff --git a/docs/jargon.1.gz b/docs/jargon.1.gz index 5a411fd..2e619c5 100644 Binary files a/docs/jargon.1.gz and b/docs/jargon.1.gz differ diff --git a/docs/jargon.html b/docs/jargon.html index 1b00589..813494f 100644 --- a/docs/jargon.html +++ b/docs/jargon.html @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@

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License

-Copyright (c) 2017 My Name +Copyright (c) 2018 My Name Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Free Documentation License".

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Glossary

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n. [common] A technique that works, though nobody really understands why. More obscure than voodoo programming , which may be done by cookbook. Compare also black art , deep magic , and magic number (sense 2).

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blameware

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+ In corporate environments this is typically closed source software procured for the purpose of having some external entity to blame when things inevitably go wrong. Software as a strategy for deflecting blame within the organizational structure. The efficiency or usefulness of the software doesn't matter so long as it can be used to absorb blame. "Get the blame out of the building". +

blammo

v. [Oxford Brookes University and alumni, UK] To forcibly remove someone from any interactive system, especially talker systems. The operators, who may remain hidden, may blammo a user who is misbehaving. Very similar to archaic MIT gun ; in fact, the blammo-gun is a notional device used to blammo someone. While in actual fact the only incarnation of the blammo-gun is the command used to forcibly eject a user, operators speak of different levels of blammo-gun fire; e.g., a blammo-gun to stun will temporarily remove someone, but a blammo-gun set to maim will stop someone coming back on for a while. diff --git a/entries/blameware.txt b/entries/blameware.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..be35d98 --- /dev/null +++ b/entries/blameware.txt @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +blameware + +In corporate environments this is typically closed source software procured for the purpose of having some external entity to blame when things inevitably go wrong. Software as a strategy for deflecting blame within the organizational structure. The efficiency or usefulness of the software doesn't matter so long as it can be used to absorb blame. "Get the blame out of the building". \ No newline at end of file