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WAF

ekrunch — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:30:13 +0000

WAF = Wife Acceptance Factor. An interesting term for those of us who have an SO in our homes that isn’t into the “super high tech” scene and just can’t appreciate the fact that you have 3+ machines in your home.

Quoted from this article …

… because of this little snafu I’d have to say that WAF is low for this interface in a multi-PC house. …

Bulimia?

ekrunch — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:11:52 +0000

If you’re trying to lose weight by eating foods that make you crap a lot, is that the same as being bulimic?

Fish Words!

ekrunch — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 05:39:21 +0000

Ever try to read the aquatic forms and not understand a damned thing in them? Here’s some words that i’ve had to go through the torture of asking people, thought i’d share and save you the heartache.

LFS = Local Fish Store
FOWLR = Fish Only With Live Rock (Basically means, no corals)
“Reef Tank” = Corals and whatever else, but normally focused on corals

Backup

ekrunch — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 20:48:48 +0000

That thing you wish you’d have done before you lost power and blew out the file system to the point where the OS can’t fix it anymore.

gTorture

ekrunch — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 05:59:43 +0000

Being forced to use GNOME for hours on end.

Hot Dog Math

ekrunch — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 08:00:13 +0000

Hot Dog math occurs when you buy a pack of Hot Dogs and a pack of Buns. One comes with 10, one comes with 12. Therefore, you never have enough buns to match the number of hot dogs and you end up in a never ending cycle of having to buy one or the other.

Body Shop

ekrunch — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 07:59:12 +0000

A body shop is a term I heard used in reference to a consulting firm. I just find it funny that it was called that. I guess it was in reference to the fact that these places usually just hire warm bodies and act like their people are better than your existing staff. I’ve seen both sides of this coin, so I think I can get away with saying this.

rn-RAID

ekrunch — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 07:40:44 +0000

A specific flavor of RAID, named after an individual who is famous for his “backup strategy”.

non-Redundant Array of Independent Directories (on different machines where he can’t find them)