Techno jargon in my book

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by LauraR, Jul 25, 2008.

  1. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    rolleyes

    I haven't gotten more than a few pages in this book that I bought before realizing that I may not finish it (or start it really).

    Here is a sentence:

    "Inside the OSDeck, all the ice wakes up: each ice processor comes online, runs the software attached to it, and talks to the deck for its interface with the outside world."

    Um...wtf? Can someone translate that for me? I actually looked up 'ice' in relation to computers and all I saw was an acronym 'ICE'.
     
    LauraR, Jul 25, 2008
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  2. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    Oh, nevermind.rolleyes

    I've read enough where it seems to be his own made up name for something I have this vague idea of what it might be, but for the life of me would never be able to explain.

    People should put glossaries in their books if they are going to make up their own techobabble.
     
    LauraR, Jul 25, 2008
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  3. rogvalcox

    rogvalcox MajorGeek

    rogvalcox, Jul 25, 2008
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  4. dr.moriarty

    dr.moriarty Malware Super Sleuth Staff Member

    Laura

    Is this book about networking?

    EDIT: I see new posts while I was researching.

    dr.m
     
    dr.moriarty, Jul 25, 2008
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  5. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    hmmm...thanks rog...that actually makes sense. :)
     
    LauraR, Jul 25, 2008
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  6. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member


    It's a book about a security tech fighting hackers (well, so far in the first chapter :-D)

    From amazon:

     
    LauraR, Jul 25, 2008
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  7. augiedoggie

    augiedoggie The Canadian Loon - LocoAugie (R.I.P. 2012)

    LOL, sci-fi doesn't follow IT rules or nomenclature.:)
     
    augiedoggie, Jul 25, 2008
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  8. rogvalcox

    rogvalcox MajorGeek

    sounds really interesting...it's a shame I can't sit down and do nothing long enough to "read"
     
    rogvalcox, Jul 25, 2008
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  9. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member


    lol....huh? I followed you up until nomenclature.

    Are you trying to make my head explode augie???
     
    LauraR, Jul 25, 2008
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  10. rogvalcox

    rogvalcox MajorGeek

    My wife hates it when we're watching a show/movie that involves some sort of IT scene, and I start busting out with the "bull$#@t's"

    Roger
     
    rogvalcox, Jul 25, 2008
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  11. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member


    Yeah, I'm hoping it's a good one. Well, right now I'm hoping I can get through it and understand what the hell I read. LOL
     
    LauraR, Jul 25, 2008
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  12. augiedoggie

    augiedoggie The Canadian Loon - LocoAugie (R.I.P. 2012)

    =naming conventions.;)
     
    augiedoggie, Jul 25, 2008
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  13. dr.moriarty

    dr.moriarty Malware Super Sleuth Staff Member

    dr.moriarty, Jul 25, 2008
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  14. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    k....here's the page I am referring to:
     

    Attached Files:

    LauraR, Jul 25, 2008
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  15. rogvalcox

    rogvalcox MajorGeek

    Wow...I'm surprised you made it through that whole page without your head exploding...let alone what augie said...Lol
     
    rogvalcox, Jul 25, 2008
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  16. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    I'm not sure it didn't rog. This IS some kinda mess on the floor. :-D
     
    LauraR, Jul 25, 2008
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  17. dr.moriarty

    dr.moriarty Malware Super Sleuth Staff Member

    The link to the IETF Journal on ICE - read first before reading the ICE Tutorial is enough to reach for a couple of Tylenol Extra Strength.

    dr.m
     
    dr.moriarty, Jul 25, 2008
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  18. Horsey

    Horsey Sergeant

    *head explodes* :banghead
     
    Horsey, Jul 25, 2008
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  19. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member


    So I see I now have everyone feelin' my pain. ::evil laugh::



    nah, actually, once you get past that page and sort of have some remote inkling of what he's talking about, it gets a little more normal. For now.
     
    LauraR, Jul 25, 2008
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  20. musksnipe

    musksnipe Guest

    LOL Interesting thread.
    I love techno babble.
     
    musksnipe, Jul 25, 2008
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  21. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    Does that mean you can translate???:p
     
    LauraR, Jul 25, 2008
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  22. Horsey

    Horsey Sergeant

    *still gathering bits of brain matter off of carpet* :yum

    Eh?
     
    Horsey, Jul 25, 2008
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  23. musksnipe

    musksnipe Guest

    Well, I did follow that page you posted.
    Are you going to post the book page by page? LOL

    I may even have to make a trip to the library to see if they have it.
    Sounds interesting.
     
    musksnipe, Jul 25, 2008
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  24. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    Are you gloating, you gloater. Care to share?

    k...this is my take...

    'ice' are the processes that run the different functions or programs and they are almost sentient (not the word, but they run on their own mostly).

    ???

    lol...I will if I need them translated. You may miss a few pertinent pages though where I actually understand it. ;)

    I'll send it to you when I'm done if you really want to read it. :) I probably would have sold it for a pittance on ebay anyway.
     
    LauraR, Jul 25, 2008
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  25. musksnipe

    musksnipe Guest

    Not at all, I never gloat. (unless it is at my wife) LOL

    That's what I got, too. But, you would have to configure them to do your bidding.

    Don't hurt yourself. :p
    In a simple way, it's like a Yahoo "My Yahoo" page, where you tell it the types of things you want displayed and it searches for,finds 'em, and displays 'em..
     
    musksnipe, Jul 25, 2008
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  26. Horsey

    Horsey Sergeant

    Should I be reaching for the popcorn again? :-D
     
    Horsey, Jul 25, 2008
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  27. musksnipe

    musksnipe Guest

    Naw, she's used to it. LOL
     
    musksnipe, Jul 25, 2008
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  28. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member


    Thanks for the warning or I may have sprained something. :-D

    The yahoo example was good though.

    Thanks.
     
    LauraR, Jul 25, 2008
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  29. Mimsy

    Mimsy Superior Imperial Queen of the MG Games Forum

    You did that on purpose. *death glare* You owe me a very strong drink now..
     
    Mimsy, Jul 25, 2008
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  30. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member


    lol...I'll buy you 4, Mims. 1 for you and 3 for me. Wha???...I read more of it last night!!!
     
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    LauraR, Jul 26, 2008
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  31. Fred_G

    Fred_G Heat packin' geek

    Geez, just read this thread and my head hurts! Seems that book is written by a poor writer. Maybe it will get better.:zzz

    E
     
    Fred_G, Jul 26, 2008
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  32. Mimsy

    Mimsy Superior Imperial Queen of the MG Games Forum

    That makes perfect sense and sounds completely fair to me.

    Make mine a vodka martini, dirty, with an extra olive. :wine
     
    Mimsy, Jul 26, 2008
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  33. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    In conclusion, the book turned out to be pretty damn entertaining. I'm pretty sure it was technically accurate where it should have been. It was set about 25 yrs in the future, so the guy took some liberties with that.

    And guess what I found at the back of the book (a few pages in from the back I might add, since I looked for the damn thing).....a GLOSSARY.:eek:rolleyes:-D < all at once.

    So, I would recommend it to anyone who likes techno cyberpunk sci fi. lol...really really techno.
     
    LauraR, Aug 6, 2008
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  34. darlene1029

    darlene1029 A Grand Lady- R.I.P. 06/06/2012

    Think I've had a stroke
     
    darlene1029, Aug 7, 2008
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  35. musksnipe

    musksnipe Guest

    That's an awful funny place to put one of those!! :confused
    Who would ever have thought of looking in the back of a book for a glossary? roflmaoroflmao
     
    musksnipe, Aug 7, 2008
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  36. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    lol...yeah, I should have put a warning label on this thread.



    :p Smarty pants
     
    LauraR, Aug 7, 2008
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