[KLUG Members] Re: Team COordination (WAS: Geek Jeorpardy)

Adam Tauno Williams awilliam at whitemice.org
Fri Aug 13 14:02:15 EDT 2004


> > Image Types -  Image formats from JPEG to TGIF.
> Slight background
> > Truly Wacky - Wild, bizarre and shocking claims, who (or what) said
> > them.
> Your guess as mine as to what this is.

Wee, reading slashdot will help.

> > Speed II - Every year Geek Jeopardy must contain at least one Sandra
> > Bullock reference.  Remember that movie with a certain actress where a
> > transit bus had to maintain a certain speed?  In this category we will
> > name a bus (USB, PCI, ISA, etc...) and the answer will be it's
> > theoretical throughput (emphasis on the theoretical - we all know that
> > "in the lab" means "you'll never see anything close to this").
> I never watched the movie, but I can rent it on NetFlix before the
> contest!

The movie won't help you, it is just a metaphor.

> > LDAP - An annual staple of Geek Jeopardy.  Everything to do with the
> > ultimate network service,  the one that takes the entire network down
> > when you screw it up.
> Replication <G>.

And you screw-up can be quickly replicated! :)

> > Geek Slang - Another annual staple.  All answers this year come from
> > version 4.4.7 of the official Jargon file.
> I'll have to get a copy of it.

http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/



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