atw: Re: Editors conference in Sydney, Sept 2011

  • From: Lana Brindley <lanabrindley@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 07:05:27 +1000

Perhaps when I said "IT" I should have said "geek culture". The IT
firm I work for is very much planted in geek culture, but not all of
them are.

L

2011/8/8 bja <moo-man@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Lol... Don't worry, I checked as many references as I could before I posted
> and I've worked in IT for 15 years and never heard the term before you
> popularists. :)
>
> Bork indeed!
>
> :)
>
> Cheers,
> Bruce
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill Parker
> Sent: Monday, 8 August 2011 8:35 PM
> To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: atw: Re: Editors conference in Sydney, Sept 2011
>
> And if you head for Wiktionary ( mispelled first up) you'll even more
> bizarre usages!
> B
> On 08/08/2011, at 6:27 PM, Lana Brindley wrote:
>
>> 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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