Getting a database error when I try to open British Blades, looks like the hackers might have got at them again!
BB hacked again
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Pooh, just resurrected my old thread in 'Edged Tools' to ask this question...looks like I might have to do some actual work 
Glitch, not hack AFAICT.
Speaking of which - does anyone know if glitch really was originally an acronym for Goes Loopy Initially Then Completely Haywire?
Speaking of which - does anyone know if glitch really was originally an acronym for Goes Loopy Initially Then Completely Haywire?
andyn
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
I think the use of the word as an acronym was probably created afterwards.
Apparently the word is from the German word glitschen, which means 'to slip.'
Seeing as the word is normally used to describe IT systems which are normally designed by total geeks...it doesnt surprise me that an acronym was therefore given to it.
P.S Stop browsing and do some work!
Apparently the word is from the German word glitschen, which means 'to slip.'
Seeing as the word is normally used to describe IT systems which are normally designed by total geeks...it doesnt surprise me that an acronym was therefore given to it.
P.S Stop browsing and do some work!
andyn said:
Hmm. Sounds possible. However, fubar, snafu and the likes are derived from military terms; the adoption of glitch probably predates IT.
P.S Stop browsing and do some work!
I *am* working - I'm waiting for a build to complete
ESpy said:
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=glitch
This definition
is closer to the one I remember from my "Boy's Book of Space" (or similar title, published by Purnell, I think, in about 1976) that said that a glitch was an unexpected voltage spike.
K.
tomtom,
You beat me to it, was gonna PM you about my other thread...soz
Put it there originally as thought more BBers would see it etc...and I hadnt realised this section was here - DOH!
Rgds
You beat me to it, was gonna PM you about my other thread...soz
Put it there originally as thought more BBers would see it etc...and I hadnt realised this section was here - DOH!
Rgds
No worries MrY
this one is relevant to todays downtime so it just saves confusion if everyone comes here.
Lets just hope BB is back soon
Lets just hope BB is back soon
J
Joseph.R.C
Guest
Yep,
Hope it wasn't my post about the Pubfits groupbuy that killed it, working when I clicked reply dead when I clicked send!!!!!
Hope it wasn't my post about the Pubfits groupbuy that killed it, working when I clicked reply dead when I clicked send!!!!!
andyn
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
ESpy said:I *am* working - I'm waiting for a build to complete
Thats funny...thats normally my excuse.
M
mikehill
Guest
it was probally hosed.
This is an old unix computer slang for `broke but I can fix it`.. Apparently came from and old Cray site that had a server that kept crashing... They found out one of the cooling hoses was coming loose and spraying coolant over the server every now and again, causing issues.
This is an old unix computer slang for `broke but I can fix it`.. Apparently came from and old Cray site that had a server that kept crashing... They found out one of the cooling hoses was coming loose and spraying coolant over the server every now and again, causing issues.
