softy n.
[IBM] Hardware hackers' term for a software expert who is
largely ignorant of the mysteries of hardware.
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some random X adj.
Used to indicate a member of class X, with the implication
that Xs are interchangeable. "I think some random cracker tripped
over the guest timeout last night." See also J. Random.
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sorcerer's apprentice mode n.
[from Goethe's "Der Zauberlehrling" via Paul Dukas's
"L'apprenti sorcier" the film "Fantasia"] A bug in a protocol
where, under some circumstances, the receipt of a message causes
multiple messages to be sent, each of which, when received,
triggers the same bug. Used esp. of such behavior caused by bounce message loops in email software. Compare broadcast storm, network meltdown, software laser, ARMM.
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