rogue
1. [Unix] n. A Dungeons-and-Dragons-like game using character
graphics, written under BSD Unix and subsequently ported to other
Unix systems. The original BSD curses(3)
screen-handling package was hacked together by Ken Arnold
primarily to support games, and the development of
rogue(6) popularized its use; it has since become
one of Unix's most important and heavily used application
libraries. Nethack, Omega, Larn, Angband, and an entire subgenre
of computer dungeon games (all known as `roguelikes') all took
off from the inspiration provided by rogue(6); the
popular Windows game Diablo, though graphics-intensive, has very
similar play logic. See also nethack. 2. [Usenet] adj. An ISP which permits net abuse (usually in the form
of spamming) by its customers, or
which itself engages in such activities. Rogue ISPs are sometimes
subject to IDPs or UDPs. Sometimes deliberately mispelled as "rouge".
See also nethack, moria, Angband.
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room-temperature IQ quant.
[IBM] 80 or below (nominal room temperature is 72 degrees
Fahrenheit, 22 degrees Celsius). Used in describing the expected
intelligence range of the luser.
"Well, but how's this interface going to play with the
room-temperature IQ crowd?" See drool-proof paper. This is a much
more insulting phrase in countries that use Celsius
thermometers.