We know there are going to be mutterings about this category. Grumblings that being a poseur is not as easy as we think. A poseur has a lot of overhead-- in worry, just for starts-- what if you're exposed as <<a clueless>>? And staying locked to the HOTWIRED Website to catch what you should be imitating? Dang. ___ ___ | | | | [Photo of Billy Idol Goes Here] | | |__ __| ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + SECTION II: + + CYBERPUNK... + + + + KNOWING ABOUT IT! + ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ====================================================== Chapter 4: Building Your Cyber Word Power ====================================================== Part 1: A Dictionary of Terminally Hip Jargon and Useful Expressions XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX <<acronym>>: A word made from the initials of a name or phrase. Such as TLA. Three-Letter Acronym. Right. <<AFAIK>>: As far as I know. An <<acronym>>, in <<haqrese>>. <<AI>>: Artificial Intelligence. The next best thing to real. <<aka>>: Also known as. An acronym coined by the FBI in its popular Most Wanted lists. <<alliance>>: Among <<phreakers>>, a former AT&T trademark which refers to teleconferencing systems. <<anarchist>>: Somebody who feels that governments are an unreasonable restraint on free humans' being. <<anarcho-cryptographer>>: An anarchist who hopes to bring down the established order by persuading everybody to <<encrypt>> their email. <<anonymity>>: There's no handle like NO handle. Being completely unknown means you can't be traced. Maybe. You can be anonymous online by bouncing your email or postings through <<remailers>>. Who are you? Only penet.fi knows for sure. <<Aquanet White>>: This is the most intense hairspray on the planet, for that BIG <<goth>> hair. Since you're being so attentive, here's a bonus goth haiku: Sun! Hide white skin, run-- Burning, cloaked, I run... day sky!... Must... find... Aquanet <<ASCII>>: An <<acronym>> for... well, nobody remembers what it's an acronym for, but it means just plain keyboard characters, like your <<dot.sig>> is made of. This is a portrait of R.U. Sirius rendered in ascii art:
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