10/20 What does "fu" mean? I see them sometimes on the motd.
\_ It's a chinese word.
\_ Fucked Up, as in FUBAR
\_ More commonly spelt as "foobar", so "fu" is analogous to "foo"
which I'm sure you'd be familiar with once you've taken enough
CS or psuedo-CS classes. FUBAR, fucked up beyond all recognition,
army term, like SNAFU, Situation Normal, All Fucked Up.
\_ See the Jargon File for complete info:
http://www.tf.hut.fi/cgi-bin/jargon?search=FUBAR
The short story, FUBAR comes from WWII (F'ed up beyond all
repair).
The long story, it was added to computing lexicon by dec guys,
and FOOBAR was made famous by RFC 1639.
\_ fu == foo!!?? No way!
\_ 'fu' has nothing at all to do with 'foo'. See below. -blojo
\_ Hungry, wasting sodans are talking about "food", but in order to
conserve energy only speak the first phoneme. IT wages are
tough to make a living on.
\_ knowledge of a subject.
\_ advanced ability in a particular technical field. Commonly
referred to as Expertise.
\_ as in kung fu
\_ "I know Kung FU!"
\_ "Show Me"
\_ Even Winnie the Pooh knows what "fu" means:
/csua/tmp/winniethepooh.mpg
\_ It's like Lucy in the sky with diamonds. -gwb
\_ That is just because you are Bush/Gore apologist who is
secretly in favor of communism/fascism. Admit it!
\_ No, this sodan just prefers motd sex/no-sex talk. Am I right?
\_ yup. poll for working post-school males with SO's: you:
a) knew your SO while in school or before:
b) met your SO after you started working :
c) found my SO in a lap dance bar in SF : |
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