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                                Computer Sniglets                         
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        Variety is the spice of life. So we add humor to the F.U.C.K. 
files. A new member, Overdriver wrote these the other night and most 
will be quite familiar with any computer geek out there. Enjoy them 
and laugh a little.                     -Dam 
 
 
                                By: Overdriver 
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Compucuss         - the "colorful metaphors" said at your 'puter keyboard  
                    after you realize you just did something you 
                    didn't want to do. 
 
Entersec          - the fraction of a second just before you hit <Enter> 
                    when you make sure in your mind this is what you 
                    REALLY want to do. 
 
Ttyyppeelexia     - when you go to type one character and somehow two get  
                    pressed. 
 
Gamenonconformant - the ONE game that you can't exit by hitting <Esc>, 
                    <Alt X>, <Ctrl Q>, etc. like 99% of all the other games. 
 
Demowait          - the period of time that you must wait for the credits 
                    to scroll by at the end of a demo. 
 
Grungeball        - the film and dirt that accumulate on your mouse ball 
                    (this effect is applified in Lubbock). 
 
'Puter 'Putz      - that annoying person who has a 486/66 and whose major  
                    is Home Economics or Political Science. 
 
Boardbuzz         - the strange feeling you get when you're on a board and 
                    you suddenly wonder if the SysOp is watching everything 
                    you're doing. 
 
Floppyfly         - that floppy that gets tossed across the room because 
                    chkdsk said it had a few bytes in bad sectors. 
 
GUI boundary      - when your mouse falls off the edge of your mouse pad. 
 
Buffannoyed       - when you hit a direction key meaning to move only a few 
                    spaces, but you go 20 more than you wanted to because of 
                    that damn buffer. 
 
Keyboard Blues    - wishing that keyboard buffer was just a little larger. 
 
Printerfade       - when you're printing out your final 20 page paper and your 
                    ribbon decides to run out of ink on the last page. 
 
Bytebite          - when you have 1 byte less on a disk than you need. 
 
Switchflash       - one of your power center switches that can't decide if                     
                    it want's to be on or off. 
 
PonderWarez       - wondering if that file is really worth downloading. 
 
Keyboard Condom   - the cheap plastic covering that keeps dust off of the  
                    keyboard. 
 
Three and a half 
laugh             - when you tease your friend because he still doesn't have 
                    a 3" drive. 
 
Micro-inch        - the amount of extra length you need on your keyboard cord 
                    to comfortable sit somewhere else besides right in front 
                    of the monitor. 
 
Chessy-gif        - those gifs whose resolution is a mere 320x200. 
 
Blasterclass      - the various levels of status one receives determined 
                    by what Sound Blaster he owns (i.e. No Blaster, SB, SB 
                    Pro, or SB 16). 
 
Lock-a-sys        - that annoying lock-up that cannot be bypassed by pressing 
                    <Ctrl>,<Alt>, and <Del> simultaneously. 
 
Gendernojive      - when the cable you have is the opposite gender of the  
                    one you need. 
 
Blasterpop        - the sound your SB makes EVERY time you enter or exit a 
                    game. 
 
Viriibye          - when a virus makes interesting things disappear. 
 
Fedflam           - guys who waste entirely too much time chasing pirates. 
 
Bustes  
Uncontrollables   - the intense feeling you have when you seriously think you 
                    might actually get caught this time. 
 
Vouchbusted       - when a person trying to get access to a board uses  
                    someones name and then that person in return denounces 
                    having any affiliation with the person trying to receive 
                    access. 
 
BBS hog           - that person who has tied up the line to your favorite BBS 
                    who you find out (after having logged on 2 hours later) 
                    has not uploaded a single file or posted a single message 
                    and who you therefor deduce is a leech and must be shot 
                    immediately. 
 
Hard-drive scan   - tediously going through every directory and sub-directory 
                    to find those little files you don't need to make room 
                    for something you really do. 
 
Hard-drive scan 
regret            - wishing you hadn't Hard-drive scanned. 
 
Periphenvy        - admiring someone else's CD ROM, Tape Back-up, etc. 
 
FTP               - File Taking Periodically 
                    or File Taking Person 
 
Clickercount      - the number of clicks that your mouse is supposed to be 
                    guaranteed to. 
 
Cablemosh         - the jumble of wires behind your 'puter that appears to be 
                    a fire hazard of some sort. 
 
Combodip          - the virtually endless number of DIP combinations, of  
                    which one trys every single combination because he lost  
                    the owners manual. 
 
VAX Virus         - the disease people have who you ALWAYS see when you do 
                    a "show user" on the VAX. 
 
Bootingnum        - a num key L.E.D. that just must come on at boot-up. 
 
Drivnesia         - forgetting what type your HD is when your CMOS crashes. 
 
Cardincrementalism- when one originally decides to spend $100 on a card of 
                    some sort and then decides for only $40 more he can get 
                    one that's a little better, but ends up paying $180  
                    because if he's going to spend $100 he might as well pay 
                    $180 and get a good one, right? 
 
486scheming       - sitting around all day thinking about how you could 
                    get a 486, not caring if it's ethical or not. 
 
P5prick           - that asshole who is going to get a P5 the day it comes 
                    out. 
 
Warezwoes         - state of being depressed because you didn't get any new 
                    SW today. 
 
Illstudylater     - when you have a final the next day and instead of  
                    studying you are doing something completely  
                    unconstructive on your computer. 
 
OK                - the two letters used most in a two-way chat. 
 
Protonogo         - when that external protocol just doesn't want to work.  
 
Macattack         - when, for some strange reason, a person has an urge to 
                    use a Macintosh. 
 
Joyride           - the swirl (or center, push button; move to upper left, 
                    push button; move to lower right, push button) which must 
                    be done to calibrate your joystick. 
 
Papcrunch         - the one piece of paper that just won't feed through the 
                    printer right. 
 
Cabanacongregation- the group of BBSers that can undoubtebly be found at Taco 
                    Cabana on Thursday nights, at 10, drinking. 
 
Covlexia          - when, after installing something, the cover on your  
                    'puter just won't go back on as easily as it came off. 
 
Multi-Covlexia    - when Covlexia occurs multiple times because the something 
                    you just installed didn't work the first few times. 
 
x86 fever         - a condition when people feel they actually know a lot  
                    about 'puters because they know the difference between  
                    a 286 and a 386 (I've met some).       
                     
Powswap           - the act of switching power supplies with the hope nothing 
                    will fry. 
 
IcoulddoitifI 
wannaettes        - people who try to convince you they could program in any 
                    language (if they really wanted to). 
 
Insertaphobia     - the fear when installing a new card (i.e. I might break          
                    it, oops static). 
 
Generiname        - those clones with names like "Missing Byte". 
 
Hardtofind        - the ongoing and continuous search for more disk space. 
 
Keycravas         - the space between keys on your keyboard where there is 
                    enough space for everything to fall down into, but not 
                    enough space for you to get anything out of. 
 
Nocrashit         - the hope that, after you lock-up a BBS, hanging up will 
                    not crash it. 
 
dahhquestion      - when you enter a command and the program prompts: "Are  
                    you sure you want to do this?" 
 
Setall            - wondering if, without looking, the install program is  
                    named "Setup" or "Install". 
 
Subinstall        - when, after obtaining a new game, you must use Subst to 
                    install it. 
 
Dirdork           - the person, who every time he comes into your room, must 
                    do a directory on you computer to make sure you didn't 
                    get anything new and not tell him. 
 
Nointrophobe      - a person who refuses to watch the intro on any game. 
 
Screwbye-bye      - when, after disassebling your computer, you can't find 
                    one screw when you want to put it back together. 
 
Keybang           - taking out your aggressions on your keyboard. 
 
Optidualtests     - the various different speed testers you use on you 'puter 
                    in the optimism that you will find one which says it's 
                    faster. 
 
Digitrash         - the accumulation of out-of-date computer parts and  
                    accessories others classify as junk, but which to you  
                    is treasure. 
 
Shockapart        - acquiring a certain item simply for its shock value. 
 
Rompotporri       - the CD which comes with all CD-Rom drives containing 
                    a lot of worthless SW. 
 
Processjam        - the musical CD you listen to 4 out of 5 times you're  
                    doing something on your system. 
 
Formforgot        - formatting a floppy before you did a directory. 
 
Extendaslow       - when a program will slow down if EMM386 is loaded. 
 
Wastetyper        - somebody who has nothing else better to do on a weekday 
                    than type up a stupid text file such as this one. 
 
                                                -OD 
 
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