WarpedNet #Amiga FAQ Archive
Posted 2002-09-02
Íslenska
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#?
Some weird-ass wildcard thing in AmigaDOS. See also [$#/&^£!#*]
#amiga.
Their motto: Assimilate or be destroyed. To put that in laymans terms: Ack like us or you'll get kick banned ;)
#friendly
They are friendly. They like you. They like me. They like Barney.
#ithaca
A bunch of professional geeks. http://www.tc.cornell.edu/~glc5/ithaca/
3DMW
3D Meat World
A1000
The first Amiga model made. Came in a pizzabox case, with 256k RAM expandable to 512k on board. Has keyboard garage!
A1200
An inexpensive Amiga. 68EC020, 2MB, AGA chipset, OS 3.0. Can expand to SCSI, ArcNet, 50 MHz 68030, RAM, HDs etc.
A2000
High-end replacement for the A1000, the first Amiga to feature expansion slots, A2000 has a CPU direct slot, a video slot, and a number of ZorroII system slots plus ISA slots.
A3000
The first non-MC68000 Amiga made by CBM. Featured 68030 and 68882 at 16 or 25MHz, SCSI, 2 MB of chip RAM, up to 16MB fast RAM on motherboard, ZorroIII expansion bus. Came with SVR4 UNIX in A3000UX model. Very good design.
A4000LC
Basically an A4000/040, with a 68LC040 (no FPU) instead of the normal '040. Price expected to be around $300 less than A4000/40
A4000T
A4000/040 in tower case. 2 video slots, 7 Z3 and 4 AT slots, IDE & fast SCSI-2 controllers, many drive bays, attractive front panel, beefed up chips, shipping shortly.
A500
The low end replacement for the A1000. Featured a built-in keyboard 512K of RAM expandible to 1 Meg on board. This machine sold in millions. Came as A500+ (ECS) later.
AAA
Advanced Amiga Architecture chipset, featuring full 24-bit graphics (including chunky modes), 16-bit 8-channel stereo audio, and is 6-18 times the speed of older chipsets. Vapourware.
AAAAA
American Association Against Acronym Abuse
abox
A\Box - New Amiga-compatible computer by Phase5, currently in vaporware testing. See http://www.phase5.de/news/aboxe.html
Abuse
We are the Nazi-Fascist homosexual non-Amiga-owning fart-sniffing elitist self-centered near-sighted PacMan-challenged Usenet-flaming rational-argument-ignoring socially challenged power-tripping wanking kick-happy ops, and we eat little kids, too. You have a problem with that? This faq was brought to you by the Anti-Newbie Undernet Senate. People at your local A.N.U.S outlet will be pleased to answer any queries.
AdamHMethod
Mmmm. Jumbo sweet potatoes
ADE
Amiga Developer Environment. Unixizes your Amiga with lots of gnu tools. See ftp.ninemoons.com/pub/ade for more info.
ADT
Aminet Download Tool. Allows you to see new files on aminet since your last use, read .readme files online, search for files, etc, and tag/download those you want.
AFK
Away From Keyboard, dumbass
AfterStep
X11 window manager with the look and feel of NeXTSTEP.
AGA
Advanced Graphics Architecture - The chipset used in the A1200, A4000, and A4000T. 256 or 262,144 (HAM8) colors out of palette of 16,772,16 colors in all display modes.
aikgak
a word to describe the thing you say if you get your sexual organs caught in something unintentionally
allops
Yes, we all have ops and you don't. We've all been using this channel for a LONG time, and we don't give out ops to just any newbie who comes in here with op-lust sparkling in their clueless little eyes. If you want to be an op, hang out here until you've earned our trust.
Alynx
Amiga Port of the text-only WWW browser, by wwwutz. Supports forms, external graphics, mpeg players, mod players.. anything but inline graphics. Get the latest beta version from http://www.fhi-berlin.mpg.de/amiga/alynx.html.
AmiFTP
A ftp client using the ClassAct layout system. Has ARexx, Aminet-mode and toolbar. http://www.lysator.liu.se/~lilja/amiftp/
amiga
Has-been computer that stopped being the cutting edge around 1992, and has declined in support and userbase ever since. Current simulations of the market predict that the Amiga will soon be the preferred platform of the Amish, replacing long-time favorite Wintel. Mysteriously, people still come to a channel about the thing, even if they deny having any interest in it anymore.
AmigaCafe
The "friendly" Amiga user channel. /server undernet.org, /join #AmigaCafe.
amigamethod
Everytime it looks like something might happen, go bankrupt.
AmigaSSH
The secure way to connect to a unix-host with your Amiga! See http://www.lysator.liu.se/~lilja/amigassh/
Aminet
A cluster of ftp sites with Amiga files. Get the README file on ftp.wustl.edu, ftp.luth.se, ftp.src.doc.ic.ac-uk or any other of the dozens of Aminet sites.
AmiPhone
A cool TCP 'Toy' that allows you to send and/or receive PCM compressed audio over the net. Currently in public Beta, it's sure to consume a load of 'net bandwidth.
AmIRC
a yucky MUI irc client. Gives you cancer if used regularly. Get infected at ftp://wade1.umb.edu/
AmiTCP
AmiTCP4.x is the latest evolution of AmiTCP for Amiga. It is commercial and expensive at $95.00 per user. Older, non-commercial, versions have been removed from Aminet, but may be found on some privately netted machines.
AmiTrack
Another totally useless Amiga application.
AmiWin
AmiWin is an X11 server for the Amiga. It runs with any amiga using as225r2 or AmiTCP >=2.0 and supports ECS/AGA/Village/CyberGraphX displays all in color. AmiWin can be found at gfx/x11/AmiWin20d
AMOS
AssMunch Programmer's way to By-Pass the Operating System
Amp
The electric current which in flowing though a liquid solution of silver nitrate precipitates 0.001118g of silver per second.
Amusement
What amuses me may not amuse you. Deal with it. I do.
ana
oleg: "I'd do her in a heartbeat"
anacam
#anacam on warped, www.anacam.com... don't fuck with it. Ana is cool.
Andreessen
"I don't want to run a company. I'm not good at managing people. You have a problem with the guy in the next cubicle? I don't care, shoot him or something." - Marc Andreessen
animals
Animal minds are simple, and therefore sharp. Animals never spend time dividing experience into little bits they've missed. The whole panoply of the universe has been neatly expressed to them as things to (a) mate with, (b) eat (c) run away from, and (d) rocks.
antiveg
A pizza with meat on it. Preferably the meat of a vegetarian
AOL
If there is a gateway to hell on this world, AOL is it. There is no place on earth filled with as much festering evil and stupidity... its like a bad bad place. Stay away... your life may depend on it!
AR
Amiga Report, A popular and informative hypertext Amiga magazine, edited by jcompton. You can find AR on Aminet in docs/mags or email jcompton@cup.portal.com to join the mailing list.
Arseritius
What you get when you do what you're doing right now all day.
artfag
"You think that you're an intellectual, well you're just another boring bisexual. Art fag. You ain't nothing but an art fag. Art fag." (Dead Milkmen, "you'll dance to anything")
artificialintelligence
- any blonde who darkens her natural hair color in order to be a brunette. Easy to identify by their lingering... umm, err.. nevermind.
AS225r2
a Commodore implementation of TCP/IP, currently availble only to developers. Very well supported with a newsreader, telnet, mail.
assmosis
the common practice of career success based on sucking up to the boss
AT
Amiga Technologies, one of those companies that owned the Amiga and went belly-up
Atkin
Famous Quote: "I am Denny Atkin, Cheesehead."
attack
You Rule, Buddy
ATX
PC motherboard form factor with all ports directly on the motherboard, smaller size, software power control, and other goodies. Requires an expensive ATX case and special power supply.
Australia
They now have electricity there, and if it fails, mail by kangaroos still work
Australia2
Alcatraz on a larger scale
automagically
Au·to·mag·i·cal·ly «Aw Toe Maj i kul ee» adverb. Arriving at through a series of steps which nobody understands, but which works none the less. Also known as "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Can also refer to something which unexpectedly starts to work.
AWeb
New kick-ass Amiga web browser. Free. Complete HTML2.0 support. No MUI. Datatypes. Completely asyncronous. On Aminet. Home page: http://www.xs4all.nl/~yrozijn/aweb/
AWS
Amiga Web Server. An httpd server to set up WWW pages on your local Amiga. Does not require inetd, and supports arexx cgi scripts and more... it is available on amosaic's ftps ite
b5models
Many people have made 3d models of the ships on Babylon 5. A pretty good index may be found at http://www.hway.net/thoth256/b5_3d_index.htm
Barlog
An #amiga regular, Barlog is one of the largest users around. Most of the time he is quiet, but will talk about his Harley, Amiga, and various other topics. Don't feed the Barlog.....you may begin to amuse him, and that can be dangerous.
Bawt
I'm an IRC robot written in Perl by Optic. See URL:http://red-branch.mit.edu/~bawt/bawt.html
BeBox
Discontinued has-been computer from Be Inc.
Beep
beersong
Do - the stuff that buys us beer, Re - the guy who sells us beer, Mi - the guy who drinks the beer, Fa - a long way to get beer, So - I'll have another beer, La - I'll have another beer, Ti - no thanks I'll stick with beer, and that brings us back to Do.
begops
Have you tried 'sucking' up to a higher operator yet? Some simple guidelines: 1. Send lots of money/beer (anything of value) 2. Offer a sexual partner. 3. Ask not what *they* can do for you, but what *you* can do for them. 4. If the 1st 3 fail... go to 1. and up the ante.
BigBadNet
The net could never be an intimidating super-conscious, it's having strokes all the time. drooling super-conscious entities don't inspire great fear. "I'll kick your asses as soon as I remember where my foot is....and what an ass is."
Biggus
Woe unto thee who pass between my thighs, for I am the keeper of unrestrained flatulence and undeniable inertia. Ask not for whom the breasts quiver; they quiver for you.
Bill_Gates
A green slimy entity from outer space disguised as a computer nerd. He created MicroSoft as a part of his plan to conquer the world by selling rotten computer software.
Bingo
One time I hired a monkey to take notes for me, and I sat in the back of class and drew with a crayon while the monkey took notes. Then the teacher said we should all write a paper using our notes. I wrote "Hi, my name is Bingo, I like to climb on things. Can I have a banana? Eek eek!". I got an F. My mom said "See? I told you never to trust a monkey!".
Bjork
8 Year old Icelandic chick with big thingies.
BLAZEMONGER
The Ultimate Game. We could tell you more, but unless you pay $56.95 we would have to kill you.
Blotto
The name says it all.
BOFH
Bastard Operator From Hell. Omnipotent Master of the Network. Controls every keystroke, every bit that goes on your computer. Someone you know may be a [BOFH]. Beware these beings, for they are evil.
bohica
bend over, here it comes again
BookOfMUI
Lo, there was a great stirring amongst the masses, and they began to worship idols such as CA and BGUI. Then stuntzi returned from the mountain with the Book of MUI, and there was great relief amongst his people.
bot
"bot" is short for "robot". It is a script run from an ircII client or a separate program (in perl, C, and sometimes more obscure languages). StarOwl@uiuc.edu (Michael Adams) defined bots very well: "A bot is a vile creation of /lusers to make up for lack of penis length".
Brook
The perpetual newbie - Need I say more?
Bureacracy
The length of the title is inversely proportional to the importance of the office.
BURRITO
The only officially UL Listed food is the BURRITO. Generally served hot and mushy, fresh out of the Microwave, as we'd have to leave the IRC for too long to find a Taco Bell. See also: BURRITO/IP
BURRITO(tm)
Like 'BLAZEMONGER(tm)' before it, BURRITO(tm) must be spelled in all caps.
Bush
In 1555, Nostradamus wrote: "Come the millennium, month 12, In the home of greatest power, The village idiot will come forth To be acclaimed the leader."
Cabezon
1) Short attention span theatre. 2) Is almost always listening to music at the same time. 3) Thought patterns occasionally disintegrate into incoherency. This rarely lasts long. 4) Can become suddenly violent in the presence of lamers.
cabezonmethod
"grand pianos rule for doing little fucked up things with them."
CabSpanish
Cabezon no habla español, no es de ningún pais hispano-hablante, además conoce todos los posibles significados de la palabra "Cabezon" y no está en ninguna de las categorias de "cabeza grande".
capitals
1) Everyone who knowingly displays or causes to display not less than 15 letters in uppercase shall be summarily kicked from the channel. 1a) Sentence may be suspended where the person displaying the caps is a channel regular.
capitals2
2) The FAQ "capitals" does not apply where the capital letters do not amount to more than 15 letters and appear as part of a sentence without capitals, for the purposes of emphasis only.
capybara
\.kap-i-'bar-*, -'ba:r-\ n [Pg capibara, fr. Tupi] : a tailless largely aquatic South American rodent (Hydrochoerus capybara) often exceeding four feet in length
Casper
(http://metro.turnpike.net/~stu) A CD32+SX-1 owner, who besides running the SX-1 Mailing List, programming Stu's CDXL GUI, and maintainer of the disa WWW site, also absolutely adores and idolises Casper the Friendly Ghost.
CDR
send your screwed up CDR's that you dont want to Elecwnch to use for artwork! D.Tomei 325 Three Crosses Ave Las Cruces, NM 88005
CDXL
An absolutely BRILLIANT CD video format, Amiga standard. Full 24 frames a second, sound, 1x1 quarter screen/or 3x1 full. :) Players include cdgsxl.lha and StusCDXLGUI.lha (by Casper) both in disk/cdrom on Aminet.
chat
If you want to chat on this channel you have three options: 1. Stay silent (Safest) 2. Talk only on the topic being talked about by the regulars (easiest) 3. Come up with an intelligent and fascinating topic the regulars may wish to talk about. (hardest. "Where are you from" does not count as #3)
ChatBox
An irc client for Amiga, by sascman. Very light-weight, and has a versatile ARexx port. Check the homepages at http://www.iki.fi/si/chatbox/ or http://www.primenet.com/~jweb/chatbox.html
cheap_bastard
The Celery 266. Turd Tough. Highly crappy yet highly overclockable and highly inexpensive.
chix
Yes there are people with nice breasts on the channel. No, they will not spread their legs and drool at the mere thought of your incredibly attractive 5'4" dandruff-infected eyeglass-wearing wal-mart shopping tiny-dick self. No matter how desirable those shorts with black socks and that fishbelly CRT tan make you look.
clue
Something you don't have, something you will never have
Coffee
"It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion / It is by the beans of Java that my thoughts aquire speed / The hands aquire shakes, the shakes become a warning / It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion."
colugo
"flying lemur" of the Philipines
Commodore
is gone, history, forget about them. They liquidated themselves over a year ago, and were recently bought by Escom, also known as E=, which also liquidated themselves. See "amigamethod" for more info
Corinna
it
CTCP
Client To Client Protocol - Used as an extension for communication between IRC clients.
cu-advice
"Using an Internet setup based on MUI applications such as IBrowse, YAM, AmFTP, AmIRC, and Miami would actually be more efficient than running Gadtools based programs."
currency
for a list of ISO currency codes, check http://www.bbh.com/general/iso.htm
currency2
http://www.disbv.com/iso/iso4217.html - http://www.xe.net/gen/iso4217.htm
curse
Stay away from the Amiga. Every company that has owned the Amiga has ended up going bankrupt.
C_Monkeys
You'll have hours of amusement with these adorable object-oriented pets! Just add memory and watch them grow until they overrun your resources and crash your system. C Monkeys are a miracle of coding - they come to life when you open the shrink wrapped package and access the disk. Fun for home and work!
Darxide
An IRC Bot written by a guy who thinks CTCP is a standalone protocol that needs an overblown RFC. It lacks practical functionality, like abuse, misuse, and downright rudeness. This lack of features makes it nothing more than another channel user that can auto-op if you remember your password. Designed by committe, need we say more?
Dave
Dave's not here man
DC
it's District of Columbia, dumbass
DCC
IRC Direct Client Connection : Used for transfering files between users and for direct chat connections.
dead
1) Having ceased to live; lifeless. 2) Resembling death; deathlike. 3) Not alive; inanimate; inorganic. 4) No longer in existance or use; extinct. (see also: AMIGA)
deladd
Delphine Tomei 325 Three Crosses Ave. Las Cruces, NM 88005
deltax
Since delta-v means change-in-velocity during interval, delta-x means change in distance during interval, and delta-t means change in time, or the time interval -- see also http://www.tc.cornell.edu
Democracy:
USA is not a democracy. It is a Republic. see a textbook for distinction. See Federalist papers on particulars.
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol - dynamic IP allocation and network software configuration over a network.
Diavolo
Diavolo Backup is one of those apps that redefine the concept of quality software. - Tau
Disclaimer
This channel contains explicit stories of things that are real. These real things are commonly known as life. So, if it sounds sarcastic, don't take it seriously. If it sounds dangerous, do not try it at home or at all. And if it offends you, kindly fuck off.
DrFallous
Prestigious leader of the intrepid Undernet Laboratories. Made famous in the biographical works of fallous concerning the search for the Lamiticus.
Driz's_A3000
Perhaps the only machine on Earth that can claim to be more unstable than a PC running Windows95-alpha, it averages roughly 50 crashes a week. Perhaps the cause of this may be from the 37 patches and hacks he has added to his system, of which memory protection is not one of them.
Drizzit
See: BORED (CAUSE OF)
DS-0
Digital Signal, Level 0: The 64 kbps rate that is the basic building block for both the North American and European digital hierarchies.
DS-1
Digital Signal, Level 1: The North American Digital Hierarchy signaling standard for transmission at 1.544 Mbps. This standard supports 24 simultaneous DS-0 signals. The term is often used interchangeably with T1 carrier although DS-1 signals may be exchanged over other transmission systems.
DS-2
Digital Signal, Level 2: The North American Digital Hierarchy signaling standard for transmission of 6.312 Mbps that is used by T2 carrier which supports 96 calls.
DS-3
Digital Signal, Level 3: The North American Digital Hierarchy signaling standard for transmission at 44.736 Mbps that is used by T3 carrier. DS-3 supports 28 DS-1s plus overhead.
dumbass
Usually a very stupid person. Used like 'Beavis, you dumbass'. Also applies to mjp
DVD
rocks
dvdfaq
http://www.videodiscovery.com/vdyweb/dvd/dvdfaq.html <-- _THE_ DVD FAQ
ebonics
"To be or not to be? That is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take up arms against the sea of troubles, and by opposing end them." (WS) "I is fucked no matta what." (ebonics)
Education
Going to school does not necessarily make a person educated, any more than going to a garage makes a person an automobile.
eedeeot
See 'British'
effnet
There's no such thing. Doesn't exist. You might possibly be referring to the Eris Free Network, or EFNet.
EFNET
Every Fucking Newbie Enters There
efnet2
Why the hell do you think we would know anything about EFnet servers? This is not efnet. We do not care about efnet. We do not care about people that care about efnet. However, if it will make you go away, try irc.ionet.net or irc.cris.com
electroniphiliac
One who finds electronic equipment, such as stereos, T.V.'s, Computers, Robawts, or peripherals sexually attractive. This goes beyond the 'auto-erotica' involved with dildo's, rubber dolls, and various other 'vibrators'. They are easy to spot because of their orgasmic outbursts over electronic devices.
elecwnch
No man has seen this method practiced live and lived to tell the tale.
emacs
Multi-platform text editor/operating system/programming environment. Eight Megs And Constantly Swapping...
emi
I'm not a geek
emi2
Emi eyez you. So behave, or she will start dissecting rats with C++.
emimethod
if you lick enough, you may reach the center
emimethod2
Three licks, one bite, and cauterize.
emiwithdrawl
The act of when emi goes away and we get wierder than normal.... Especially Zarquon.
empty_trash
sub empty_trash { foreach $user (@user_list) { &kick($user) if !&opped($user) ; } }
EndOfTime
Unix time() will end on January 18, 2038 at 22:14:07.
English
This Amiga channel's offical language is English. Please speak only that language at all times when you are in this channel, or find yourself turfed out on the end of a large boot. ja ja speak english!
English2
please speak only that which you are in the channel at all times when you are in the language, or kicked out from boot in your rectum, ja.
EPS
EPS -- (Excessive Punctuation Syndrome) is a very extreme version of MPS caused by excessive sessions of sexual self gratification. Lusers who are afflicted with this disease must be put out of their misery immediately to avoid a messy channel.
Ereet
You too can be cool by pretending that you matter because you have +o! Trust us. IT impresses the HELL out of people.
ethernet
the primary use of a fast connection is so that you can brag about it to modem twiddlers
EVERYONE_KNOWS
Trufacts (tm) that are not backed up by acceptable data. Any Bush or Reagan program to "help" the country is an excellent example.
evilscientists
Ever notice when you open a BOX of CEREAL how the box ISN'T FULL? What happened to all that extra cereal? I know, there's some WEASELLY EXCUSE on the box about how "contents may have settled during handling", but that's not what REALLY happened. SCIENTISTS took it. They LOVE cereal!
Executive
a kick-ass unix-like task management system for the Amiga. http://www.megabaud.fi/~petrin/Executive.html
explosions
Explosions you see here are ©1996,1997 Kosh Enterprises
EZ135
don't drop it!
Ezy
The Staten Island Fairy
ezymethod
Try it all, then do it again.
Facist
The political belief that all people who misspell "fascist" as "facist" should be forcibly sterilized.
fallous
Just raw, naked, in-your-face capitalism wrapped up in an arrogant package with a nice bow of rudeness.
fallousadvice
"when masturbating, remember to wear eye protection, lift with the legs, and wear adequate wrist protection to insure safety. never attempt autofellatio without written approval from a doctor"
fallousmethod
"When in doubt, boot 'em out"
faqadd
scheme Something that the dark wizards of MIT sent you to feel the flames of evil LISP
faqflood
Grab a board, surf's up! The high tide is most likely due to an influx of newbies raising the water levels.
FAQU-fuckme
FAQU-fuckme is a revolutionary Internet application being developed by Swiss gnomes employed by an Ivory Coast-based UL subsidiary. We could tell you more, but then we'd have to kill you.
Feb04
February 4th is Bill Gates Bird Flippin' Pie Slinging day in Belgium.
fed
RobR is a FED!
fewd
Consumables, such as, but not limited to: BURRITOS, Coke, Mt. Dew, CµP N00DLE, $BEEF, pizza (garlic butter optional), and fish.
ffb
You come here with your back all wet and your mouth full of strange foreign words. Go back to where you came from. You bother me.
FFG
Freshly-fucked glow
Fido
Frotz's cat. A white Maine Coon, with one amber eye and one blue eye. He has *8* toes on each front paw, *6* on each back paw. Perhaps he is a mutant, we DID find him in New Jersey. He likes the rings off milkjugs and he thinks we're stupid.
Finns
The Fenni live in astonishing barbarism and disgusting misery: no arms, no horses, no household; wild plants for their food, skins for their clothing, the round for their beds..
Firly
Fredbo's little brother.. could that be why he's omnipresent, yet so quiet?
flooder
Someone who wants to be as annoying as possible, they usually have no life and therefore nothing better to do than flood others. Flooders syndrom is often found in mirc users who also have many other annoying syndroms.
Floyd
There's talk around that Roger Waters, founding member of Pink Floyd, may re-join the band for a tour in '98. I myself think this as unlikely as Bill Gates playing hide-the-salami with Marc Andreeson.
fnord
You're not cleared for that.
footinmouth
"I seem to like the taste of my toes today. Let's push the foot in farther for more flavour."
foreigners
At first I was startled to think that anybody would actually live outside the united states, i wondered if they were stupid or something, and then after seeing the demon.co.uk users on efnet, the answer was clear...
FQDN
F ully Q ualified D omain N ame
Fredbo
Also known as Fredbot. He is almost omnipresent, and is generally considered to be about 35% human. He has an arbitrary speech limit of 20 words per day, which he may use without warning at any given time. Watch carefully for them.
freessh
ftp://hotline.pvt.net/pub/win_utils/winsock/ssh/ <-- Free, Crappy SSH Client for Win95.
freshunix
http://www.dlr.de/fresh/ <-- Kick-ass site for finding source code for UNIX stuff.
friendly
"this channel is not friendly.......... bye.. and good lucky......" (anonymous lemur)
frostedflake
any brunette or redhead who lightens her natural hair color in order to be blonde. Easy to identify by her dark.....eyebrows
Frotz
Don't try to reason with Frotz!!!
fruitsnuts
You aint a fruit or a nut. You must be a fucking flake.
G.O.D.
GOD On Demand
gallon
1 liter is .2642 gallon
GAP
Nobody likes me. It's my chin. It's not strong enough. I wish I looked like those magazine models. But with some happenin' clothes and the perfect pose...but it all falls apart when I move. Never mind. If this works, people will finally see the real me.
GetALife
Type this in a Unix command shell: echo '[q]sa[ln0=aln256%Pln256/snlbx]sb3135071790101768542287578439snlbxq'|dc
gigalo
See oleg.
GIMP
GNU (General) Image Manipulation Program for Unix. Leech at http://www.gimp.org and drool.
goaway
Why don't you go away? So I'll like you more.
god
I met God on Primrose Hill, that's where he came to me, He stepped out of his saucer and I got down on my knees, From his lips came just one word, He left me all aglow, I sat down and had a smoke and watched the flowers grow....The bats are in the belfry, and the bubbles in the bong, the molecules inside my head are chiming like a gong....
golf
the object of golf is to get the ball into the hole in the least number of strokes
gotohell
Go straight to hell. Do not pass GO. Do not collect $200. Do not dawdle, lest I planteth my boot in thine arse.
GPS
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/gcraft/notes/gps/gps.html
gregor
is lost on IRC.
Guru
To make a long story short, one of the best anectodes in history on how an error code was created. Anyone using an Amiga knows what it is. :)
habla
Oh shit, I'll bet you thought this channel was full of hot spanish babes who want you. Well think again, buhby... This is your worst nightmare.
Hack
What we do to losers. Usually involves an axe, although we have been known to substitute machetes.
hacking
see a) coughing, b) wheezing.
HammerD
Efnet #amiga guy who has an CV64. Hate him for it.
Hello
What do you think this is? #hello ?
hi
This is not a hi-channel. If you want to get hi, go someplace else
history
Undernet #Amiga was created on March 10, 1995.
homepage
-- the Warped.Net #amiga home page
homepages
are like assholes -- everybody has one, but nobody wants to see yours.
Homicide
The Homicide: Life on the Streets Drinking Game. Frank overenunciates while interrogating a subject...one drink. Bayliss disagrees with Frank...One drink. Munch opens his eyes...two drinks. Kay wears a dress...chug.
hoopy
hoopy (huo·pee) n. A really together guy. ex: "Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is."
IAFYDSITD
If At First You Don't Succeed Ignore The Docs
Ibrowse
The next generation web browser for the Amiga. It will support incorrect parsing of HTML of any version, destroying document integrity with NHTML extensions, multiple gurus, a multiple of memory usage, disk crashing, and a new high in application instability.
Iceland
The answer is "No, they do NOT have it in Iceland"
ICQ
Real-time user locator, pager, chat, URL-transfer, and file-transfer software from Mirabilis. http://www.mirabilis.com/
incoherent
being or pertaining to the quality of irrationality, especially the assertion of logical contradictions. ex. usage: "Gregor's philosophy is incoherent." see also Gregor(or engage in philosophic debate with him in order to see the systemic demonstration)
infinity
Given that God is infintite and the universe is also infinite, would you like a toasted teacake?
insults
frotz isn't very good at them unless he's insulting Nature.
internet
You're too late, the internet sucks.
InverseSibbi
The Inverse Sibbi Method(tm)....squeeze your dick until it goes numb, then jack off. Feels like you're giving a handjob to someone else.
IPhone
IPhone and CUSeeMe send a LOT of data. This slows down the 'net, increases the costs that are passed on to the user, and generally make things miserable. In short, IPhone/AmiPhone and CUSeeMe suck.
IPRS
IPRS - Infinite Parentheses Recursion Syndrome (where you take parenthetical statements too far (like this) )
IRC
don't take it seriously
ircops
If you need an IRCop, go to #Speire. Asking for one in #amiga will only get you kicked.
irritate
keel eet
java
"Combining the blinding speed of Smalltalk with the simple elegance of C++" - Anonymous, although Xterm says it was actually Nyx
Jay_Miner
Father of the Amiga, designer of the Amiga chipset.
jed
Small emacs-emulating editor for unix. source in ftp://space.mit.edu/pub/davis/jed
Jenni
A college girl who leaves a color quikcam running in her dorm 24 hours a day. Although only slightly attractive, she's a big attraction to #Amiga... Even provoking an ARexx script to auto-grab the quikcam images. Feh! (URL http://www.boudoir.org/liveupdating.html)
jobstatus
Cabezon's usual and customary response to any offhand remark about his being unemployed is "Fuck off."
Joke
A humorous anecdote, bit of sarcasm, irony, or other such 'non-serious' responses or statements. Often time buttmunches take a 'Joke' seriously, completely missing the humor. This disorder is known as "RCIS", or Recto-Cranial Inversion Syndrome.
K6
No, "intel is evil" is NOT a good enough reason to use a cheapshit knockoff chip with horrible FPU performance.
kicked
You have been kicked. This is probably due to the fact that you haven't read and understood our channel rules. Read the information on http://www.capybara.org/amiga/, return, and try again.
kinky
see spamgod
LaAmiga
"Amiga" es el nombre de una computadora, este canal es para hablar de la computadora "amiga", y no para hablar de paises hispanos o cosas españolas... si Vd. habla aquí, hagalo en inglés, por favor-
LameFAQ
Any FAQ that isn't what Zarquon was looking for.
Lamer
It has been said that newbies and lamers are interchangeable, but that is incorrect. A newbie lacks knowledge, whereas a lamer lacks intelligence. Lamers will be summarily executed, newbies will be tolerated if they are willing to correct their ignorant state.
LamerBall
A legendary game when #amiga still dominated Undernet. Involved drilling the living hell out of some lamer who happened to piss us off. Now we're just more merciful and perma-ban the poor sucker.
lamers
Shorthand for "assholes with technology".
LART
Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool
lasagne
Don't ever let Mitchman make you lasagne
Lava
Lava or pumice was once used by native Hawaiians to wash their hands, and soon amiga users will be able to use Carl Sassenrath's Lava as toilet paper.
LeAmiga
*** Amiga *** est le nom d'un ordinateur personnel. Cette chambre est pour parler du "Amiga". Ce n'ai pas pour parlé de pays français ou d'autre sujet en français. Si vous voulez parler ici, parler en anglais.
lemurs
They are fascinated by shiny objects, and ops
Levitation
When a cat is dropped, it always lands on its feet. When toast is dropped, it always lands buttered side down. I propose to strap buttered toast to the back of a cat; the two will hover, and float inches above the ground. With a giant buttered cat array, a high-speed monorail could easily link NYC and Chicago.
Life
Life is NOT like a box of chocolates. Life is like a crap sandwich - the more bread you have, the less crap you have to deal with.
lisp
((((((((print "hello, world"))))))))
log
Captains Log: Tapered at both ends
lottery
n. a tax on people who are bad at math
LSD
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide : like DCC, only pink and strangely fishy
lurk
Oh ye who is not wise in the ways of #amiga, do not be fooled by the idle appearance of her regulars, for they merely lurk and lie in wait for prime opportunities to get pissed off at people
M$method
Bug? Fuck you, don't do that.
Macintosh
A mac is designed for the inexperienced computer user, made large enough so that it can't be accidentally inserted in the rectum, and with rounded edges just in case someone manages to do it anyway.
Macs
Mac's are so simple that even an idiot can use them. That's why only idiots do so.
Mage
Some sort of lame RPG that Gregor plays involving tech and the Internet. Imagine the excitement of the game! "You are attacked by lag." "I whip out my vorpal cable modem +2" Makes you really want to play, eh? Yeah, me neither.
MageReal
Actually it involves tech, the net, weird/pulp/victorian science, zen, religion, wicca, reincarnationist euthanasists, tribal cultures, elemental wizardry, personal mind alteration via hallucinogens etc, and many other concepts ;-)
magic64
A new C64 emulator. The one we've been waiting for only 10 years late... :-/ You can find it on the Aminet in misc/emu/Magic64.lha. Doesn't need the real ROM. Fast and faithful. C64 fans get it.
makebot
First you get Visual Basic, and a Winsock VBX interface. Then you take the Visual Basic manual and SHOVE IT UP YOUR ASS. Don't bother with the standard edition of VB. No Way! You want the professional version with the BIG manual.
MAME
-- Multi Arcade Machine Emulator. An absolutely amazing piece of work that lets you play all the actual ROMS from all those arcade classics of your youth. Beware: Highly addictive! URL http://www.xs4all.nl/~delite/arcade_mame.html#download
manners
This is a technical talk channel, we don't want anything that is disruptive to what we do, we will kick and ban for using all capital letters, excess punctuation, any control characters sent to the channel, including beeps, colors, bold, inverse, and underlines. Spell out all your words, like "you" not "u". We don't generally talk about age, sex, or where people live, we recommend #friendly for that, type /join #friendly.
manners2
Being as this is primarily a technical channel, the ops have the right to decide any conversation doesn't belong on the channel and tell you to msg it or take it elsewhere. Bribing said ops with pizza might help, but only might. If you are told to take it elsewhere, please do so.
MarriedSalami
"Hide the salami" as married man involves attempting to hide the salami so that the wife can't find it before the man goes to sleep.
MCP
Millions of Crazy Patches
memory
I am getting old. I forget stuff. Live with it.
men
Men need three things in order to have a Good Life: good food, good sex, and good toilet paper.
Miami
Miami is a new TCP/IP Stack by Holger Kruse (author of PPP.device) which has complete (MUI) GUI system, internal dialer, no SanaII support, is compatible with both AmiTCP and Inet225 APIs, and is easier to use. More info at http://www.america.com/~kruse/amiga/Miami.html
Microsoft
Seattle-based Microsoft chose "Wei Ruan" as the Chinese version of its name. From Beijing to Guangzhou, women snigger at every mention at the firm's Chinese name, while men are reluctant to buy its software. To them, "wei ruan" stands for "small and soft".
MIPS
Meaningless Information Provided by Salespeople. MIPS does not measure real performance in any way. For example, a 25MHz 68040 can do 9 MIPS or 24 MIPS, depending on how you compute it. Do not trust MIPS figures.
mirage
Now you see it, now you don't
mistress
something between a mister and a matress
Mitchman
"I'm gonna look him straight in the eye and tell him what a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, inbread, overstuffed, ignorant, bloodsucking, dogkissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fatass, bugeyed, stifflegged, spottylipped, wormheaded, sack of monkey-shit he is! Halleluja! Holy shit!"
mjp
Maurizio J. Poag
MLink
An AS225R2/AmiTCP socket emulator that allows you to have a SLIP-like connection on a Unix account, like TIA. Supports just about any AS225R2/AmiTCP client. Does not require AmiTCP installation. Mlink can be found on the WWW at http://www.hut.fi/~oahvenla/MLink/.
MLink2
Get a haircut and get a real stack, why do you mess with that Internet hack? Why can't you use real TCP/IP? Get a haircut....and get a real stack.
Money
Mysterious stuff that is supposed to make you feel good and stuff. Many people believe that existence of such substance is just an urban legend.
Moron
See RexOrient, Mitchman, or efnet#amiga in general.
mouse
Don't ever let Mitchman clean your mouse
mouseballs
Don't ever let Mitchman clean your mouseballs.
mp3
MPEG layer 3 sound format. Sites: http://www.eskimo.com/~miyaguch/mp3.html, http://jlb.ml.org/mpeg3/frfootno.html, http://boss.net/mp3/, ftp://WOPR.dorms.tamu.edu
MPS
(Multiple Punctuation Syndrome) is using 2,3 or more question marks or exclamation marks at the end of every sentence. New users on the net tend to be afflicted with this illness, but some can be cured with proper treatment. See also EPS, MPT
MrAmiga
Keeper of BIGGUS.. common phrases B(*)(*)BS, TITS, and whee! are often emited by him.. BEWARE do not anger him for he will unleash the wrath biggus upon you
MrElcee
Note the Mister part. Dumbass
MSIE
-- My Scrotum Itches Emmencely
MUI
MUI == DIE
MUIGod
"and the bloat was with MUI, and MUI said 'Let there be bugs.' And there were bugs, and MUI saw that it was unstable. And MUI formed stuntzi from the dust and breathed the breath of life into him, and stuntzi arose and praised MUI by making vast libraries."
myops
I have ops, you do not. I guess thats tough shit - live with it.
ne1
ne1 is shorthand for "I don't have two brain cells to rub together"
nerds
That's us according to Tommy-hil... our king.
NetBSD
NetBSD is a UNIX for Amiga (Replaces your Amiga OS). ftp://ftp.netbsd.org is central ftp site. Has X, 040 support, many SCSI drivers, ethernet, PPP/SLIP and more. Installation requires 8M RAM and 200M HD to be comfortable.
netquake
Yes, with the BWTCP stack you can play id's Quake over the Internet. There is no hardcoded limit to players in a game, and if the server you play on is less than 300ms lagged from you, 8 players over 28.8k should run fairly smoothly.
Netrek
Multiuser 2D strategy/action game for up to 16 players. Has graphical clients for most OSes with GUI. See the URL http://www.msi.edu/paradise/ for Paradise. Also check out aminet for /docs/hyper/NetrekG_V25.lha
Netscapism
Something that has little or no practical value in a hypertext document, yet somehow the lack of it makes your perfectly usable browser seem worthless.
Netsplit
A netsplit is when a bunch of people Quit with two server names in their exit message. Netsplits are caused when an irc server goes down, resulting on all users on the other side being disconnected.
newbie
Welcome to #Amiga. This is a serious discussion channel relating to the Amiga computer. The only language tolerated in this channel is English.
newyear
Get over it. Maybe you missed it, but the new year is now slightly tarnished by time.
No
No
nose
see deltax
Nyx
"The only thing I'd want out of Alien technology is a ride off of this fucked up planet."
O-
(Dogbert Emoticon) states:"I am superior to you in all ways. You are so loathsome and pitiful that I would not have you as my domestic servant even if you supplied your own cleansers and rags. I spit on your smilie face. You smell like a pile of Dole."
Ohm
The resistance of a mercury column of 1 Centigrade with a constant cross measurement of 1mm^2 and a length of 1.063m.
Oleg
For your Official Oleg FactSheet please remit a certified cheque or American Express Money Order in the amount of USD 14.99 to The Oleg Center. If you are smart enough for the FactSheet to be of use to you, you already know the address.
Oleg2
if(opinion != Oleg's) { oleg_insult(you);} if(checkreaction(kick)) oleg_kickban(you); else oleg_callnames(you);
opinion
If I want yours, I'll give it to you.
opinions
Never believe a fucking thing that you're told. The entire computer industry floats haphazardly on a thin barge of bullshit above the endless void of ignorance, and if you listen to anybody's opinions without checking them yourself, you may as well jump off the goddamn edge.
opme
Grow a dragon out of your butt, and we'll give you ops.
Optic2
The man who split innernet
pavlov
here pavlov...good dog.
pda
Public Display of Affection - There is something that was invented just for YOU, its called /msg and /describe. Know it, use it, love it.
PDE
Stands for "Psychotic Daily E-mailer". A person who answers E-mail as soon as it arrives, above all else (e.g. late for work because he/she was answering E-mail.) The most common yet least discussed Internet disease.
people
Axiom 1: People are stupid.
perl
$Y=-1.2;for(0..24){$X=-2;for(0..79){($r,$i)=(0,0);for(0..15){$n=$_;$r=($x=$r)*$x-($y=$i)*$y+$X;$i=2*$x*$y+$Y;$x*$x+$y*$y>4&&last}print unpack("\@$n a",".,:;=+itIYVXRBM ");$X+=3/80}$Y+=2.4/25}
PGP
Encryption algorithm that exists mainly due to the fact that everyone believes their email to be far more important than it actually is. "By god some hacker won't be getting MY recipe for cinnamon oat bran muffins with sugar frosting!"
PhallicKicks
Incredibly brilliant and witty kick messages for all types of lamitici. UL Listed!
PIOS
Pigs In Outter Space
Play16
Uncompresses(uLaw/FibDelta), Autodetects & Plays 8 or 16 bit WAV, VOC, AU, MAUD, AIFF, or IFF sounds files in 8, 14-bit, 14-bit calibrated, or Maestro Pro (16-bit) output. Also can save as iff output.
PNF
Parti Nationaliste Français -- temporary placeholder til someone can think of a good FAQ.
PNG
(Portable Network Graphics) A new standard to replace GIF, Home Page: http://sunsite.unc.edu/boutell/png.html. PNG, pronounced "ping" has all the features of GIF (including Transparent), plus: Up to 48-bit color, 16-bit greyscale, Alpha Channel, Image gamma indicators, Reliable corruption detection, Faster interlace modes. And best of all, PNG is legally unencumbered.
POAG
He is the most obnoxious, toxic, IRC-abusing bastard you will ever have the misfortune of meeting. Do not say his name three time, or he will appear!
poem
Nine megs for the secretaries fair, seven megs for the hackers scarce, five megs for the grads in smoky lairs, three megs for system source. One disk to rule them all, one disk to bind them, one disk to hold the files and in the darkness grind 'em.
Portal
"Portal is a commercial online service with tremendous Amiga Support, full Usenet & Internet services. Phone 1-408-973-9111 or telnet portal.com for more info or to sign up. $19.95/month"
POS
piece of shit. Usage examples: Ford POS (MiB), POSOS (MacOS), POS worthless twit (MrAmeeguh)
PowerUP
is the Phase5 PPC accelerator for the Amiga. Low-end P-Up should use 603e, while the high end will be 604 based. Phase5 is PORTING the AmigaOS themselves, including Exec, and PPC-native CyberGraphX. 680x0 Emulation is included as well.
PPP
Point to Point protocol. Transport for TCP/IP networks. Amiga SANA-2 implementation available from http://www.america.com/~kruse/home.html
PullingAnOptic
ph. (derived from the Skai phrase 'pulling my finger') 1. To leave the AmigaOS platform to that of BSD or SysV, or similar platforms, and not regreting it in the slightest bit. (see also OPTIC, NETBSD, UNIX)
python
print (lambda Ru,Ro,Iu,Io,IM,Sx,Sy:reduce(lambda x,y:x+y,map(lambda y, Iu=Iu,Io=Io,Ru=Ru,Ro=Ro,Sy=Sy,L=lambda yc,Iu=Iu,Io=Io,Ru=Ru,Ro=Ro,i=IM,Sx=Sx,Sy=Sy:reduce(lambda x,y:x+y,map(lambda x,xc=Ru,yc=yc,Ru=Ru,Ro=Ro,i=i,Sx=Sx,F=lambda xc,yc,x,y,k,f=lambda xc,yc,x,y,k,f:(k<=0)or (x*x+y*y>=4.0) or 1+f(xc,yc,x*x-y*y+xc,2.0*x*y+yc,k-1,f):f(xc,yc,x,y,k,f):chr(64+F(Ru+x*(Ro-Ru)/Sx,yc,0,0,i)),range(Sx))):L(Iu+y*(Io-Iu)/Sy),range(Sy))))(-2.1, 0.7, -1.2,
Python2
Python code to import ftp lib, make ftp connect, login, and list directory contents: from ftplib import FTP | ftp = FTP('ftp.cwi.nl') | ftp.login() | ftp.retrlines('LIST')
pythongui
A python script to import python's interface to Tk, setup, arrange, and run the event handler for a window: from Tkinter import *; widget=Label(None, text='Hello GUI World!'); widget.pack(); widget.mainloop()
Q
If you have a question, ask once, not many times. If we don't answer you immediately, we either don't know, are igoring you, just plain don't like you, are away from our keyboards eating BURRITOs, or are just too lazy.
Q?
Q is 1) The 17th letter of the alphabet 2) Short for Question 3) An omnipotent entity living in the Star Trek universe 4) An omnipotent OS for the Amiga 5) An ingenious engineer in the James Bond movies
QDOS
Quick and Dirty Operating System, sold by Tim Patterson to Bill Gates in 1981-1982 for $50,000. Patterson is "not regretful."
quilting
The first rule of the quilting club is nobody talks about the quilting club. The second rule of the quilting club is nobody talks about the quilting club. The third rule of the quilting club is that if this is your first night, you WILL quilt!
rc4
@k=unpack('C*',pack('H*',shift));for(@t=@s=0..255){$y=($k[$_%@k]+$s[$x=$_]+$y)%256;&S;}$x=$y=0;for(unpack('C*',<>)){$x++;$y=($s[$x%=256]+$y)%256;&S;print pack(C,$_^=$s[($s[$x]+$s[$y])%256]);}sub S{@s[$x,$y]=@s[$y,$x];}
RealEmacs
It's a text editor! It's a newsreader! It's a psychoanalyst! It washes your dog while you wait! Only I don't want to screw up, edit my psyche, read my dog, analyze my news, and wash my text.
RFC
RFCs (Request For Comments). cover a broad range of interests, most of the topics deal with the Net and TCP/IP. You can get RFCs from ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/docs/rfc, http://www.isi.edu/rfc-editor/, ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/ or ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu:/info/rfc/
rhetoric
is almost, but not quite, as lost on IRC as sarcasm is.
RHIP
rank hath its privileges. we've been here longer than you and can do things you cannot. live with it.
RKM
The Amiga Rom Kernel Manuals - a must if you want to program on Amiga
room
AOL has rooms. IRC has channels.
RPN
Reverse Polish Notation. Stack based calcuations. 4 5 * -> 20 4 5 + 4 * -> 80.
RS
(repeat syndrome) Of course, we haven't seeeeeeeen that in such a looooooooooooong time.
RTFM
Give us even one good reason why we should waste our time explaining you things you could have learned of by reading the manual of the program you have problems with? You paying us for it? No? Can't think of a reason? THEN GO THE FUCK AWAY AND GET A CLUE BY YOURSELF.
ru
'r u' is shorthand for "I lost my brain in a nuclear accident and can no longer make coherent sentences"
rules
We (the cool people) have rules here to keep the idiots (you) from annoying us. Endeavour to persevere. This aint a democracy. We don't care what you think. We thank you in advance for your cooperation.
rumorf
AKA 'r u m or f?' quite possibly the lamest phrase in existence (and by extension, so are portions and variations thereof)
Salute
The #Amiga salute: 0x04 in binary, shown on the right hand where thumb is LSB
samba
winnuke for unix
sarcasm
is lost on IRC
sarchasm
a canyon big enough where all sarcasm becomes lost
Sassenrath
I'm talking here about systems like MS Windows, C++, TCP/IP, HTML, etc. They are all junk--the work of designers who really don't understand how our minds work or relate to our personal human condition.
Scheme
Something that the dark wizards of MIT sent you to feel the flames of evil LISP
scripts
"Thou shalt run no script that thou dost not understand." Lam. 3:13
scsi
SCSI is *NOT* magic. There are *fundamental technical reasons* why it is necessary to sacrifice a young goat to your SCSI chain now and then. - John Woods
Set-top
A smart terminal/black-box which is designed to use your TV as a display and is connected to either the cable company or a phone company. Services such as banking, shopping, video games, video conferencing, demand movie, etc
ShapeShifter
A multitasking shareware Macintosh-II emulator for the Amiga and DraCo computers. It allows you to run Macintosh software concurrently to Amiga applications without hardware add-ons or modifications. (ftp://ftp.biologie.ui-erlangen.de/pub/shapeshifter/)
sheep
are lost on IRC - Bo Peep can't find them.
shit
s/h/it (she/he/it) or h/or/sh/it (he or she or it)
SibbiMethod
The Sibbi method dictates that if you sit on your hand for thirty minutes and then whack off in a singularity, it feels like someone else is doing it. Currently being subjected to clinical trials at SibbiLabs(tm).
Simtel20
A PC version of Aminet but not as well orgainised. The main site closed but the mirrors keep it alive: ftp to ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk:packages/simtel20
SingleSalami
"Hide the salami" as a single man involves attempting to hide the salami IN the woman and hope she either likes it or doesn't find it until the man goes to sleep.
size
You can drop a mouse down a thousand-yard mine shaft and, on arriving at the bottom, it gets a slight shock and walks away. A rat would probably be killed, though it can fall safely from the eleventh story of a building, a man is broken, a horse splashes. -- J. B. S. Haldane, On Being the Right Size
SLIP
Serial Line / Internet Protocol. Allows you to run TCP/IP over a serial line/modem. Needs root access on UNIX systems to setup.
SLIRP
SLIRP is a Unix shell SLIP emulator like TIA, but it is free, faster, and supports port redirections (DCC Send). Check it out at URL: http://blitzen.canberra.edu.au/~danjo/
Smalltalk
Object Oriented language to the extremes. You want to know what 1 + 2 is? Smalltalk will send the method "+" with parameter "2" to the object "1" to find out.
snarf
Snarf the Acolyte. Order of the cold heart...
soylentgreen
It's made of people!
Spamgod
Flamethrower weilding fishnet wearing space alien cow mutilator choir boy pollinating pope abuser. Interesting in bed. Highly reccommended. Mostly housebroken. Can lick his own eyeballs. Watch out for his ovipositer.
spamgod2
frotz
spanish
Español no es la lingua de estè canale, hablas ingles aqui por favor
speakup
jerk
spellmyfuckingnameright
It's MrElcee. Not MrElsie. Not Hey You. Not MrElse. Not Asshole. Not dickhead (I may be an asshole, but you aint got that privledge).
spike
bang, fuck, do, etc
Spoo
is/are (the plural of spoo is spoo) small, white, pasty, mealy critters, rather worm-like, and generally regarded as the ugliest animals in the known galaxy. They do not howl, bark, moo, purr, yap, squeak or speak. Mainly, they sigh. Herds of sighing spoo can reportedly induce unparalleled bouts of depression..
sprintlink
sp8457GMFrintk*$:link suc8#$%cksNO CARRIER
spu
tastes like chicken
Spumoni
spu-mo-ni or spu-mo-ne \spu.-'mo^--ne^-\ n [It spumone, aug. of spuma foam, fr. L] (1924) :ice cream in layers of different colors, flavors, and textures often with candied fruits and nuts
SQUID
A good example of practical applications of SQUIDs is the measurement of magnetic signals produced by the human heart and brain. According to Wikswo and Williamson (1994, 48) the sufficient sensivity for measurement of the magnetocardiogram (MCG) from the heart and the magnetoenchephalogarm (MEG) from the brain was achieved in the 1970s with an application of SQUID sensors. The early instruments had only a single sensor which limited the studies.
sra
SRA -- Acronym: Sucks Raw Ass
Ssh
(Secure Shell) - A system intended to provide secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts over an insecure network. http://www.cs.hut.fi/ssh/
StarTrekVIII
"...and the whole audience vomits in unison."
StarWoids
A shareware 'shoot-em-up' written by StarWoid, Sumaleth and Ginseng, it's a cross between Thrust, Oids, xpilot etc where you control a craft that rotates 360 degrees. Available at ftp.ee.pdx.edu:/pub/amiga/misc.
STOOPID
You So STOOPID!
stress
The confusion created when one's mind overrides the body's basic desire to choke the shit out of some asshole who desperately needs it.
studlycaps
/stuhd'lee-kaps/ n. A hackish form of silliness similar to {BiCapitalization} for trademarks, but applied randomly and to arbitrary text rather than to trademarks. ThE oRigiN and SigNificaNce of thIs pRacTicE iS oBscuRe.
StupidQuestions
The only stupid question is the one never asked, except maybe "Don't you think it's about time you audited my return?" or "Isn't it morally wrong to give me a warning when, in fact, I was speeding?"
Subtlety
escapes me at the moment
sucks
In #amiga parlance, sucks == doesn't work with that system. For example, "netbsd sucks" == "It doesn't work perfectly with NetBSD".
SX-1
The SX-1 is a steel box to go on the back of a CD32, to allow it have all the useability of an A1200. But there are however some probs, so there is a mailing list. More info on SX-1 and the list at http://metro.turnpike.net/~stu/
SX-32
By the guys who bought out Paravision (SX-1 creators) it fits IN the CD32, like the FMV cart. It looks a helluva lot better, and can do everything the SX-1 could, 'cept FMV. No voltage drop AFAIK either! :)
Symbolitis
A disease suffered by the people who create computer languages. All of them have it to some degree, but the most chronic cases are Type C symbolitis. This is a 2nd gen. disease contracted from languages such as C. See also %faq perl.
TCP
TCP is a communications protocol allowing the user to become a node on the Internet. run several processes over the serial port including FTP, telnet, news reading, mail.
TheMan
Nobody fucks with The Man.
TheRef
The Cheap Bastards' ® dream site for hardware is at http://theref.c3d.rl.af.mil/
Third_World
We do not discriminate based on race, sex, or national origin. But if you come here and start acting like a wog, expect to be treated like one.
TIA
TIA is a SLIP/CSLIP/PPP emulator that allows a user with a unix shell account to use AmiTCP or AS225R2. Supports port redirections (Servers & DCC Send). (TIA 1.x only supports SLIP.) More information available from http://marketplace.com.
TimeWarnerMethod
- dictates that if you sit on your thumbs for 30 years, nobody will feel it when you finally install cable modems.
tits
Us guys don't have them, but damn, we sure do like to fondle them.
TNGmug
The TNG mug has powers you could not possibly comprehend, even if you had a thousand years of pondering.
tourist
Hey tourist, this is a serious discussion channel about the amiga computer. If you don't know what that is, or you're here for some other reason and you find yourself being an annoying prick, take this opportunity to leave and find a more appropriate channel.
towel
A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value. You can use a towel for doing things from waving it in the case of emergencies to using it for warmth on a cold night. More importantly is the psychological value. Strags are impressed to see a hitchhiker carrying his towel, thinking the hitchhiker also is prepared with other travel supplies.
Typo
(ti'po) n, pl, pos Informal. Error see also Mramiga.
U
If you type 'u' instead of 'you', then obviously u r lame
UAE
Unix Amiga Emulator, turns your P133 into an A500!. For more information, see http://www.schokola.de/~stepan/uae/
Unix
ls *BU*?^& | /bin/oof?! | bah (/etc/brain) >>/tmp/bah < perl -e `awk {print$575} "while (<>) { s/\/\/(\*)![a-z|D|1]{1,} ; oof?! Bah¡! BURRITO(void*); etc...; } " ' ; huhuh ?!Beeevis(());
unixthang
An inexplicable but terribly useful-looking unix program that you won't need until you see what it does, and then you'll suddenly realize that you not only need it desperately, but you've always needed one since infancy.
up
up is arbitrarily assigned to the point opposite of the primary aparent force. - Kosh
uptight
I'm going to hand you a shovel full of coal. Please shove it up your ass. In an hour I'll be back for my diamond.
Usenet
Once known as a breeding ground for useful information and discussion, now a breeding ground for perpetrators of spam, raving lunatics (see Poag) and other odd drivel with the occasional useful bit showing through.
v4400
stay away from this piece of shit gfx card at all costs
VisCorp
A pathetic company that didn't QUITE succeed in buying Amiga Technologies. Described by Carl Sassenrath as "an idiotic, screwed-up, incomptent company."
Voodoo
A mail reader with a full-featured ClassAct GUI, integrated MIME and PGP support, the ability to work with any mail transport, and an overall high level of cluefulness. Latest version at ftp://ftp.warped.com/pub/amiga/voodoo/
WankerSong
22,000 wankers on the efnet, 22,000 wankers, if one the wankers should happen to run IBrowse, 21999 wankers left on efnet, come on everybody sing....
warning
WARNING: side effects may include dizziness, vomiting, persistent cough, minor blindness, hallucinations, temporary insanity, loss of feeling in pelvic region, lightheadedness, weakness in metacarpals, inability to convert military time to standard time, feelings of inadequacy, actual inadequacy, the tendency to ask for paper when you really wanted plastic bagging at the grocery store, minor life loss, or attraction to cacti.
WBNG
New Workbench replacement currently in development, see http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~tronhan/wbng.html for more info
wenchmethod
Easy, rude, rowdy and energetic; dangerous if not pleased :)
Wendy
Wendy is another LIVE quikcam operator. She's not quite as provocative as Jenni (see FAQ on Jenni). However, she is rather cute. To visit Wendy's live pictures: http://www.daybyday.net/~candw/vcam/
What?
And Jesus said unto them, "And whom do you say that I am?". They replied, "You are the eschatological manifestation of the ground of our being, the ontological foundation of the context of our very selfhood reveald.". And Jesus replied. "What?"
Why?
Because.
WhyM$
Because it sucks.
WhyTheSkyIsBlue
blame nitrogen
Wife
Imagine that you have a piece of software called Girlfriend 1.0 and you upgrade to Wife 1.0. Why don't PokerNight 10.3, BeerBash 4.3 and PubNight 7.1 work anymore then?
Win95
32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that can't stand 1 bit of competition.
Win95Patches
http://support.microsoft.com/support/downloads/LNP195.asp <-- Microsoft's Win95 Fix-It page.
Windows95
(n.) a set of 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition.
Winnuke
A tiny program that crashes about every damn window TCP stack you can imagine by sending a MSG_OOB to port 139.
wisdom
Reverend Oleg said unto thee, "Verily I say unto you. If you were in a desert, and thirsty, and crying out for salvation, the Lord would provide ye with a drinking fountain of piss ye generation of vipers! If you were in the wilderness, and there was a light showing ye the way, ye would poke your eyes out so as not to see it!"
wish
Go wish in one hand and crap in the other and see which one fills up first, you little optimistic twerp.
women
Women can keep a secret just as well as men, but it takes more of them to do it.
women2
A women is a person who will spend $100 on a beautiful slip and then be pissed if it shows.
work
Work sucks. Period.
WorldDomination
Rules of World Domination - Make ventilation shafts too small to crawl though. Shooting is not too good for my enemies. If self-destruct is necessary, it will not be a big red button that says "Danger: Do not push!". That button will spray bullets at whoever is dumb enough to push it. Any device using a digital countdown will detonate at 117, when the hero is just putting his plan into action. Occasionally listen to your advisors
xircon
http://xircon.webzone.net/ - New IRC client for Win95/NT. Fairly good. (Reminds me of GV/Amiga, cept for Windows. -SkyGuy)
XPK
eXternal PacKaging standard: a standardized compression/encryption algorithm interface, which several different algorithms available as shared libraries. Used for example in several disk doubler programs.
XtermMethod
"You dare to make a scurillous faq about me? Prepare to be kicked!"
xwindows
The X consortium would prefer their software to be called "X," "X Window System," "X Version 11," "X Window System, Version 11," or "X11." xwindows sounds like a Microsoft product.
YAC
Yet Another Crash
YALQ
- Yet Another Lemur Quote. Although born on the low end of the intelligence scale, lemurs are gifted with the power to ramble and express without refrain. (see also mjp)
YAM
lilj'a favorite program of all time.
YARIDDE
Yet Another Reason I Don't Do Efnet - A virtually infinite list
YARWAS
Yet Another Reason Why Amigas Suck
you
I don't care about you. Fuck you.
YouCheapBastard
(n.) the sort of person who bitches about having to pay for hardware in the first place, and would rather vigorously rub the back of his skull with a cheesegrater than pay retail. See also Fallous.
Zarquon
"If I were a chick, I'd wanna rag until I croaked instead of having to wax my fucking lips." <- Zarquon
zen_pavement
Just let go of your conscious self and become one with the pavement
Zip
The IOMega ZIP drive is a removable hard drive that holds 100M on one $15 cartridge. It features 1.25M/sec transfer rates and 29ms seek rate. Most places sell it for $199 including one cartridge.
^
is the string which holds the two braincells of a lemur together.