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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>B1FF</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="next" href="B5.html" title="B5"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">B1FF</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="../B.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="B5.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="B1FF"/><dt xmlns="" id="B1FF"><b>B1FF</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/bif/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="firstterm">BIFF</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> The most famous <a href="../P/pseudo.html"><i class="glossterm">pseudo</i></a>, and the prototypical
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<a href="../N/newbie.html"><i class="glossterm">newbie</i></a>. Articles from B1FF feature all uppercase
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letters sprinkled liberally with bangs, typos, ‘cute’
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misspellings (EVRY BUDY LUVS GOOD OLD BIFF CUZ KØØL DOOD AN
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HE RITES REEL AWESUM THINGZ IN CAPITULL LETTRS LIKE THIS!!!), use (and
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often misuse) of fragments of <a href="../T/talk-mode.html"><i class="glossterm">talk mode</i></a>
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abbreviations, a long <a href="../S/sig-block.html"><i class="glossterm">sig block</i></a> (sometimes even a
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<a href="../D/doubled-sig.html"><i class="glossterm">doubled sig</i></a>), and unbounded naivete. B1FF posts
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articles using his elder brother's VIC-20. B1FF's location is a mystery,
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as his articles appear to come from a variety of sites. However, BITNET
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seems to be the most frequent origin. The theory that B1FF is a denizen of
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BITNET is supported by B1FF's (unfortunately invalid) electronic mail
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address: B1FF@BIT.NET.</p></dd><dd><p>[1993: Now It Can Be Told! My spies inform me that B1FF was
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originally created by Joe Talmadge <jat@cup.hp.com>, also the author
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of the infamous and much-plagiarized “<span class="quote">Flamer's Bible</span>”. The
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BIFF filter he wrote was later passed to Richard Sexton, who posted
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BIFFisms much more widely. Versions have since been posted for the
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amusement of the net at large. See also <a href="../J/Jeff-K-.html"><i class="glossterm">Jeff K.</i></a>
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—ESR]</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="../B.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="B5.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">B </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> B5</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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