From 8237e033b6a98b679eadae4943fe845985f1028f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DTB Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 19:57:48 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] culture: add jargon file section --- be/culture.md | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/be/culture.md b/be/culture.md index faf87a8..bde2fab 100644 --- a/be/culture.md +++ b/be/culture.md @@ -6,10 +6,31 @@ description = "the culture of murderu.us" # the game """ -A game, The sole object of which is to not remember that you are playing it. As soon as you remember that it exists, you have lost and must start again. +A game, The sole object of which is to not remember that you are playing it. As +soon as you remember that it exists, you have lost and must start again. """ -- James Dunckley ` +- [James Dunckley](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=the%20game) Played in the halls of schools and on the walls of BBSes, the Game is an early cognitovirus that has drawn ire for its unwinnable nature; nobody who knows of the Game has won, yet nobody who's won has ever known of the Game. + +# the hacker's dictionary + +- [The Original Hacker's Dictionary](https://www.dourish.com/goodies/jargon.html) + +""" +This file, jargon.txt, was maintained on MIT-AI for many years, before being +published by Guy Steele and others as the Hacker's Dictionary. Many years after +the original book went out of print, Eric Raymond picked it up, updated it and +republished it as the New Hacker's Dictionary. Unfortunately, in the process, +he essentially destroyed what held it together... +""" +- jpd (The Original Hacker's Dictionary) + +The Hacker's Dictionary, also known as JARGON.TXT or the "jargon file", was a +glossary of informal terms used by Lisp hackers at the Massachusetts Institute +of Technology. Then it was commandeered by Eric Raymond and turned into a +glossary of informal or formal terms used by Lisp or Unix hackers or suits +wherever an Internet connection or a bookstore with a computing section can be +found.