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Via the BBC: Doctor slang is a dying art. And you thought geek slang was insulting! Here are a few choice terms: CTD – Circling the Drain (A patient expected to die soon) GLM – Good looking Mum GPO – Continue reading Top medical acronyms
HTTP Monitor, Throttling, Reverse Proxy as Web App debugging tool (No that’s NOT my new nickname!) Tech-Weblog by Christoph C. Cemper pointed me to Charles which is Java shareware app ($50 paypay after 10 days) with the the following list Continue reading HTTP Monitor, Throttling, Reverse Proxy as Web App…
What they really mean… from Valley of the Geeks – NEW: Management Speak (Dilbert would be very proud) The product is going to ship in Q4….we just don’t know what year. No serious bugs have been reported….since we don’t have Continue reading What they really mean… from Valley of the Geeks …
Microsoft was told about ECL (Execution Control Lists) 12 years ago and still doesn’t get it! Aug 24 / 03 column from I, Cringely | The Pulpit “To answer your reader’s question,” says my buddy, who was once one of Continue reading Microsoft was told about ECL (Execution Control Li…
PCMag. Nice list of files that you run into when running firewalls (like ZoneAlarm). via John Robb’s Weblog
One Week Latter Still watching our power use, baking in our home/office with low/no air con, raging at the juice pigs who don’t get it, hoping the grid will stay up. It wasn’t the end of the world ( one Continue reading One Week Latter, Still watching our power use