Well, for a start off, this guy can tackle the publishers of Webster's. I think that the first definition is very applicable! ------------------------------------------------------- Hypertext Webster Gateway <<blivot>>
From Jargon File (4.3.0, 30 APR 2001) (jargon)
blivet /bliv'*t/ n. [allegedly from a World War II military term meaning "ten pounds of manure in a five-pound bag"] 1. An intractable problem. 2. A crucial piece of hardware that can't be fixed or replaced if it breaks. 3. A tool that has been hacked over by so many incompetent programmers that it has become an unmaintainable tissue of hacks. 4. An out-of-control but unkillable development effort. 5. An embarrassing bug that pops up during a customer demo. 6. In the subjargon of computer security specialists, a denial-of-service attack performed by hogging limited resources that have no access controls (for example, shared spool space on a multi-user system). This term has other meanings in other technical cultures; among experimental physicists and hardware engineers of various kinds it seems to mean any random object of unknown purpose (similar to hackish use of {frob}). It has also been used to describe an amusing trick-the-eye drawing resembling a three-pronged fork that appears to depict a three-dimensional object until one realizes that the parts fit together in an impossible way. John W. ---------------------------------------------------
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (09 FEB 02) (foldoc)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul N. Lee" <Paul.N.Lee@Worldnet.att.net> To: <fractint@mailman.xmission.com> Cc: <philofractal@lists.fractalus.com> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 12:16 PM Subject: [philofractal] Re: Important Message for Paul and Scott
Jim Muth wrote:
I received this e-mail an hour or so ago:
I must ask you to eliminate the word blivot on your website, unless you wish to be licensed by my corporation to use my trademark. Usage of a registered trademark and the trademark symbol without expressed written permission is a federal offense.
My lawyers can deal with his lawyers!! ;-}
Sincerely, P.N.L. ------------------------------------------------- http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/PNL_Fractals.html http://www.Nahee.com/Fractals/
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