Foobar-ed. Nice to know there’s an RFC (3092) on the etymology of “Foo”. I wonder how many specs use foo bar and include RFC 3092 as a normative reference.
Green shifted. Interesting term:
The problem is that the project status “green shifted” as it rose through the various levels of management. The people on the ground were very clearly reporting a red project status, our project manager wanted to play it safe so reported yellow status, and his manager was more political yet and reported green status.
[Ed note: Firefox crashed and restarted with linked page, but without all the linking posts, so apologize if credit is missing.]
Still alive. IMS, 39 years old, with an upcoming version 10, focusing “on strengthening the software’s service-oriented architecture (SOA) features.”
Varnished. The architecture of varnish: let the OS do its thang, point at things, don’t let threads idle, and keep them separated. (Via Barry)
Missionary. Why Gordon hates mission statements:
In fact, I can’t think of a single catch-phrase that motivated individuals through an extended period of time, except for perhaps “Go forth and multiply,” but one could easily see that the instruction wasn’t really necessary, just the equipment and instinct.
When I hear “mission statement” I think of that signature that comes at the end of a press release, and since you already lost the reader in the second paragraph, does it matter what they don’t say?
Picture, Wi-Fi detector t-shirt, guaranteed to get you unlaid.