atw: Re: Editors conference in Sydney, Sept 2011

  • From: Lana Brindley <lanabrindley@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 20:27:59 +1000

Heh, thanks for that Bill. Wasn't aware of that version of the word!
Totally different etymology, even :)

L

On 8 August 2011 20:26, Bill Parker <renew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It might be tech word Lana but according to Wikitionary:
>
> From Robert Bork, rejected US Supreme Court nominee
>
> [edit] Verb
>
> Bork (third-person singular simple present Borks, present participle Borking, 
> simple past and past participle Borked)
>
>        • (US, politics) To defeat a judicial nomination through a concerted 
> attack on the nominee's character, background and philosophy. [quotations ▼]
>        • (US, politics) To fire an honest government official in an attempt 
> to prevent embarrassment to and exposure of a dishonest government 
> officeholder who has conspired to commit high crimes (term first used by the 
> National Lampoon Radio Hour in to describe the 1973 firing of Watergate 
> Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox by Solicitor General Robert Bork in the 
> "Saturday Night Massacre" orchestrated by Bork and President Richard Nixon).
>
> So if the doyens of the IT world use it as their own,  good luck to them.
>
> Bill
>
>
> On 08/08/2011, at 6:11 PM, Lana Brindley wrote:
>
>> It's a very common word in tech circles. It comes from a common typo
>> of the word "broken" ("borken"), and is sometimes represented with a 0
>> (zero) instead of an o. Similar 'spurious' origins as w00t, pr0n,
>> fail, and other internet niceties.
>>
>> When we refer to websites or programs being 'borked' it means that it
>> is not working as expected, usually in fairly big and obvious ways
>> (smaller or more subtle problems are usually called 'bugs' and the
>> program is described as 'buggy'). It is often used to describe the
>> appearance of the site or program, for this reason.
>>
>> But yes, I admit we all took that idea and well and truly ran with it,
>> citing "borkage", "borkiness", and "borkedness" in this email thread
>> ;)
>>
>> L
>>
>> On 8 August 2011 19:54, Neil Maloney <maloneyn@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Advert to:
>>>
>>> http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=xx-bork
>>>
>>> Neil.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8/08/2011 7:50 PM, bja wrote:
>>>
>>> Are you lot borking mad? What’s with the sudden overuse of this strange word
>>> (yes I looked it us and am aware of its spuious origins).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> When did it first pop up on this list?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Egad,! For bork sake, must we promote every weird ‘trendy’ little word?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> <sigh>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Bruce
>>>
>>> :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>>
>>> From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Geoffrey Marnell
>>> Sent: Monday, 8 August 2011 10:01 AM
>>> To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: atw: Re: Editors conference in Sydney, Sept 2011
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> But Neil, is that borking? Or just plain inconsistent tabular lay-out? In
>>> other words, is it Dreamweaver or the coder?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Geoffrey Marnell
>>>
>>> Principal Consultant
>>>
>>> Abelard Consulting Pty Ltd
>>>
>>> T: +61 3 9596 3456
>>>
>>> F: +61 3 9596 3625
>>>
>>> M: 0419 574 668
>>>
>>> W: www.abelard.com.au
>>>
>>> Skype: geoffrey.marnell
>>>
>>> From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Neil Maloney
>>> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 9:57 AM
>>> To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: atw: Re: Editors conference in Sydney, Sept 2011
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Have a look at the main page ... same bars of colour but they fit in better
>>> for how that page is set up.
>>>
>>> Neil.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8/08/2011 9:45 AM, Lana Brindley wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Geoffrey,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hmmm ... maybe it's meant to be like that? I thought those extra bars
>>>
>>> of colour (marked in new attachment) weren't meant to be there.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> L
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8 August 2011 09:34, Geoffrey Marnell <geoffrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks Lana, but it looks exactly the same in IE 8. Where is the borkiness?
>>>
>>> It's not the prettiest design, but where is the mis-rendering? Or is it
>>>
>>> borked is a way other than poorly rendered HTML?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Geoffrey Marnell
>>>
>>> Principal Consultant
>>>
>>> Abelard Consulting Pty Ltd
>>>
>>> T: +61 3 9596 3456
>>>
>>> F: +61 3 9596 3625
>>>
>>> M: 0419 574 668
>>>
>>> W: www.abelard.com.au
>>>
>>> Skype: geoffrey.marnell
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>
>>> From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lana Brindley
>>>
>>> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 9:22 AM
>>>
>>> To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> Subject: atw: Re: Editors conference in Sydney, Sept 2011
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hey Geoffrey,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm not sure what Jean is seeing, of course, but I can see some
>>>
>>> borkedness (Google Chrome 13.0.782.107 on Fedora 15). Picture
>>>
>>> attached.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> L
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8 August 2011 08:56, Geoffrey Marnell <geoffrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Jean
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I could find no borking on the first web site. Can you point out the
>>>
>>> problem (and tell us how it's related to Dreamweaver rather than, say, to
>>>
>>> Spry). We do bucket loads of Dreamweaver work here and would be keen to know
>>>
>>> what to avoid.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Geoffrey Marnell
>>>
>>> Principal Consultant
>>>
>>> Abelard Consulting Pty Ltd
>>>
>>> T: +61 3 9596 3456
>>>
>>> F: +61 3 9596 3625
>>>
>>> M: 0419 574 668
>>>
>>> W: www.abelard.com.au
>>>
>>> Skype: geoffrey.marnell
>>>
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