Bollux? #
Posted Monday 3rd March 2008 12:00 GMT
Is this a fusion of "bollocks" and "mux", meaning "a whole shitload of different bollocks in one place"?
If so, I like it. A useful neologism at last and one that I shall use.
Posted Monday 3rd March 2008 12:00 GMT
Is this a fusion of "bollocks" and "mux", meaning "a whole shitload of different bollocks in one place"?
If so, I like it. A useful neologism at last and one that I shall use.
Posted Monday 3rd March 2008 12:00 GMT
Buttons? I want the kit to provide three commandline tools: bolluxfind, unbollux and bolluxmon. GUIs just get in the way of efficiently debolluxing what needs to be debolluxed, and furthermore, the leaner and meaner the tools themselves are, the less chance of a programmer bolluxing the unbolluxer.
Posted Monday 3rd March 2008 12:00 GMT
If only we could say that to our real customers face to face when they dump this on our desks...
Posted Monday 3rd March 2008 12:00 GMT
Instead of your basic vasectomy? Sounds a bit messy,
Posted Monday 3rd March 2008 12:00 GMT
Router(config)# no bollux
Router(config)#
Posted Monday 3rd March 2008 12:01 GMT
Brilliant. Full marks to them. Hope it results in more orders rather than less and we'll see more companies trying that style :-D
Posted Monday 3rd March 2008 12:21 GMT
Shouldn't everything in life have a debollux button? Put it right next to undo...
Posted Monday 3rd March 2008 12:21 GMT
You've got to have bollux to send out stuff like that. Brilliant.
Posted Monday 3rd March 2008 12:46 GMT
I'm guessing they used the word "bollux" instead of the more anglo-saxon "bollocks" to try and squeeze through any profanity filters on the way..?
Posted Monday 3rd March 2008 12:46 GMT
I spell it like that. It's kinda like writing "BS" instead of bull shit - somehow, it's just that extra bit politer.. ;)
Posted Monday 3rd March 2008 15:01 GMT
Would it work for Apple, Microsoft, Sun or other?
Posted Monday 3rd March 2008 15:01 GMT
Now that's the kind of spam I might look into.
I know, I know, it promotes further spamming... but still...
Posted Monday 3rd March 2008 16:00 GMT
Bollux was the name used for a robot in an early Han Solo story (something about entertainers and circuses, I think). In the next book in the series the name was mysteriously change to Zollux - I think someone noticed ....
(maybe I should have posted this anonymously, rather than admitting in public that I used to read Star Wars spinoff novels)
Posted Monday 3rd March 2008 16:24 GMT
here in the U. S. of A. we sometimes use the expression "all bolluxed up" to mean "all messed up" or (heavens!) "all f****d up" without having a clue as to what "bollocks" means. Only the handful of Shakespeare readers are aware of the anatomical implications of the word. Ignorant lot, we Yanks!
Posted Monday 3rd March 2008 16:24 GMT
Can you imagine if M$ used that? or Apple.
Get the new upgrade for Vista, "Because our coders dropped a clanger, someone smarter than our guys are could remotely bollux your machine"
Or
"because Vista has bolluxed up and died, we are having to reboot, sorry for making an arse of your system, if you want to see what the benaal report contains and listen to us talk cr*p at you because we don't know which bit of the sh*te software is to blame, then click here."
That would be nice and refreshing.
I do like that email though...
Posted Monday 3rd March 2008 20:35 GMT
flashback table "Users" to before drop;
or if you are using a cheapo version of Oracle,
create table "Users" as select * from "Users" as of timestamp (systimestamp-1/24);
Posted Tuesday 4th March 2008 04:22 GMT
Alway sBollix not bollocks or ballicks or ballaux........
Posted Tuesday 4th March 2008 11:21 GMT
who is waiting in the wings with the patent for 'a method or apparatus for reverting software or related equipment from a bolluxed state?' to troll this one?
Posted Monday 10th March 2008 16:27 GMT
No !! That's French for the same thing (see Asterix the Gaul) !!