Tuesday, 24 November 2009

Dynamitus

Meaning: The Roman God of Metrics or Explosives (depends if the emphasis is on the a or the i  - ed)

Author: CG

Friday, 20 November 2009

embedded.c.firmware.joke.groaner (you have been warned)

Joke: Why do embedded software engineers find it difficult to write good firmware?
Answer.groaner: Because it's written for hard-ware!
Author: FH

Tuesday, 6 October 2009

2 Longs do not make a right

Meaning: (java.lang.Long.constructor != 64bits) - arhhh!
Author: FH / CG

Thursday, 30 July 2009

"Coding is the smallest part of what we do"

Meaning: QuoteInterpretationFactory.getInterpreter(name, mood, expectedResult).getMeaning(Title);
Author: AB

Thursday, 18 June 2009

Rebel without a flag

Meaning: Commit and Runnnnnnnnnn.
Author: FH, NT

Wednesday, 17 June 2009

Tyreany

Meaning: Arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority when describing 4-wheel drive delivery mechanism.
Author: PK (1st entry in eons! Damn - his English is soo much better - ed).

Caveet


Meaning: Caution, Warning, Alarm formal admonition. A caveat to you or I.
Author: MB

Wednesday, 20 May 2009

"I couldn't see behind my crack"

Meaning: My wing mirror that is, not my arse!
Author: YP

"Your purple penis - It's got a ring to it!"

Meaning: Silly Putty indeed!
Author: RD

Tuesday, 28 April 2009

Gullablised

Meaning: To believe multiple comments of a gullible nature.

Author: MB

Shitter

Meaning: Twitter for the toilet
Author: GD

Twatter

Meaning: Team Twitter for issues
Author: Team P under GC

Bivi-wacking

Meaning: T.B.D but sounded good at the time!
Author: GC

Thursday, 16 April 2009

"Those who can; Code and those who can't; Manage"

Meaning: PMs (no offence RD !).
Author: FH

Beer Storming

Meaning: Generating genuinely useful ideas the old fashioned way.
Author: GC

Blitter Hokey Cokey

Meaning: What a blitter does best!
Author: GC

Thursday, 9 April 2009

Abdul Reference Platform

Meaning: A STB hardware reference platform based on the Abdul chipset (still in Beta)

Featured highlights:
  • Class-leading Alcohol processing capabilities.
  • Ultra smooth operation under heavy (female) load.
  • SIMD extensions (Streaming Independent Multiple Dates) for improved pulling performance.
  • Extra large volatile memory capacity (see ADUL1 below).
  • Integrated LNTN-MMU (Late Night Telephone Number Memory Management Unit).
  • Fabbed using the latest 20:20 CMOS (Cricket MemOry Stats) process lithography.
Known bugs:
  1. Ref# ADUL1
  • Description: Car key lookup table infinit-loop.
  • Status:       Unable to reproduce but known blocker.
  • Fix:            Move to non-volatile memory.
Author: GC, Abdul


"But I don't have a putting green in my living room...any more"

Meaning: My wife doesn't get the whole Golf 'thing'.
Author: IB


Wednesday, 8 April 2009

Paralysing Unit Tests

Meaning: To make unit tests lock up on multiple machines at once.
Author: KC

Wednesday, 11 March 2009

Multi Womb

Meaning: A Club, Venue or TV Music Show with a gracious over supply of fit Totty, and definitely not a UK Satellite TV product touted by an Oriental with a lisp.
Author: GC