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verb, transitive, past-tense.
Infinitive form: to kodak.
Present/future tense form: kodakking.
Definition: To involuntarily suffer near-total to total data loss to your hard drives. Especially if due to poorly programmed proprietary software that comes with new hardware.
Background: Some versions of Kodak Easyshare software had a tendency to mung FAT32 partitions. Yes, I was one of the victims of that delightful little bug.
Infinitive form: to kodak.
Present/future tense form: kodakking.
Definition: To involuntarily suffer near-total to total data loss to your hard drives. Especially if due to poorly programmed proprietary software that comes with new hardware.
Background: Some versions of Kodak Easyshare software had a tendency to mung FAT32 partitions. Yes, I was one of the victims of that delightful little bug.
Fucking driver update totally kodaked my box, and I have an assignment due tomorrow!...URGE TO KILL, RISING!
by Korgmeister March 15, 2005
Get the kodaked mug.A situation with the potential to explode into serious drama, but which can be prudently avoided by remaining silent/lurking.
1: I didn't give an opinion on this earlier because I didn't want to risk stepping on a drama mine.
2: I'd rather stay out of this blog war, I know better than to go stepping on a drama mine.
2: I'd rather stay out of this blog war, I know better than to go stepping on a drama mine.
by Korgmeister August 2, 2006
Get the drama mine mug.Translation from scientist to normal person speak: We honestly have no fucking idea.
Sometimes, even scientists don't know what's going on. At times like that they tend to act like everyone else, which is that they assume the most popular idea must be correct. Unfortunately, this is sophistry, not science.
Sometimes, even scientists don't know what's going on. At times like that they tend to act like everyone else, which is that they assume the most popular idea must be correct. Unfortunately, this is sophistry, not science.
Dr John Snow, I am tired of your incessant prattling about Cholera being a water-born disease! There is a scientific consensus that it is spread by a miasma and that is final!
by Korgmeister March 21, 2005
Get the scientific consensus mug.To slash something.
That is, take an existing work of fiction and add or imply a homosexual subtext to it. Some do it because they find it amusing. Others do it because they find it arousing.
Most common targets for slashing are the Harry Potter and Lord Of The Rings books and movies. Macho movies, especially 'Top Gun' and 'Fight Club' are also favoured targets of this activity.
That is, take an existing work of fiction and add or imply a homosexual subtext to it. Some do it because they find it amusing. Others do it because they find it arousing.
Most common targets for slashing are the Harry Potter and Lord Of The Rings books and movies. Macho movies, especially 'Top Gun' and 'Fight Club' are also favoured targets of this activity.
#1: I love slashing the Lord Of The Rings movies. I know it's all about friendship but the way the actors play Sam/Frodo and Aragorn/Legolas I simply can't believe it's platonic.
#2: For the love of all that is holy will you STOP slashing Shindler's List!
#2: For the love of all that is holy will you STOP slashing Shindler's List!
by Korgmeister May 8, 2006
Get the slashing mug.I hate those unvertisements where they're having a clearance for furniture or carpets and someone is constantly shouting. They don't make me want to buy stuff, they make me want to find the manager of that place and shove a screwdriver down his ear canal.
by Korgmeister April 22, 2006
Get the unvertisement mug.A programmer who insists upon writing user-hostile code, simply because it's easier to do and doesn't want to admit their own lazyness and contempt for end users.
Most (but not all) Linux programmers are Trabant Builders.
Background: Communist East Germany produced a car called the Trabant. By some accounts it was an engineering marvel, as it could be built and taken apart using only 3 or 5 spanners. However, it was a rather pathetic car and nobody in their right mind drove one by choice.
Most (but not all) Linux programmers are Trabant Builders.
Background: Communist East Germany produced a car called the Trabant. By some accounts it was an engineering marvel, as it could be built and taken apart using only 3 or 5 spanners. However, it was a rather pathetic car and nobody in their right mind drove one by choice.
D00d1: I wanted to make an AMV using Kino, but it turns out it's only compatible with one single codec. When I asked why he did that, he said it was easier to program and should change it myself if I'm not happy.
D00d2: Whoa! What a Trabant Builder!
D00d2: Whoa! What a Trabant Builder!
by Korgmeister March 21, 2005
Get the trabant builder mug.Derogatory term for the collective mass of young women who seek to emulate Paris Hilton's sense of "Style".
by Korgmeister April 21, 2006
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