Jargon File 4.2.0 Out

Baloo Ursidae writes, "The newest version of The Jargon File, 4.2.0, is up now over here at jargon.org. For the first time, AFK made the list. " Definitely a good place for newbies, and veterans seeking a few good laughs.

That poor server

I was going to ask why ESR moved it to jargon.org, but after going there the reason is obvious. The jargon.org server is suffering from a moderate case of the Slashdot Effect [jargon.org]:

1. Also spelled "/. effect"; what is said to have happened when a website being virtually unreachable because too many people are hitting it after the site was mentioned in an interesting article on the popular Slashdot news service. The term is quite widely used by /. readers, including variants like "That site has been slashdotted again!" 2. In a perhaps inevitable generation, the term is being used to describe any similar effect from being listed on a popular site.

So I went looking for mirrors. None of these are official. They are just what a search on Google [google.com] turned up:

• http://www.snafu.priv.at/jargon/jargon. html [snafu.priv.at]
• http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/jar gon.html [tuxedo.org]

I found quite a few more, but all of them on older versions. I certainly don't want to kill either of these two sites, so please folks, if you are mirroring The Jargon File, update your mirrors and post the links.

Suggestions for the next iteration

CmdrTaco : Every winter, he emerges and looks in his inbox, and if he sees harassing "give us the slash code" messages, he returns to his hole and does not release the slash code for another 6 weeks

Hemos : A hamster

JonKatz : Producer of social commentary and rant. See Signal/Noise ratio.

Karma : black magic performed by the slash code that follows the rule what goes up must come down.

Troll : A vile creature that lives in the depths of -1 moderation

Natalie Portman : Favorite topic of trolls.

Re:arg! -- Whoops!

There is a decent mirror at http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/ [tuxedo.org]. From there I've fetched the complete list of mirrors, which follows.

List of Jargon Resources Mirror Sites USA:

• http://www.akrotech.com/~darkstar/jargon [theoasis.com]
• http://memes.org/jargon [memes.org]
• http://www.journalism.wisc.edu/jargon/ [wisc.edu]
• http://www.mindspring.com/~li mbert/hacking/jargon.htm [mindspring.com]
• http://www.iscvt.org/jargon/jargon.html [iscvt.org]
• http://www.babcom.com/jargon/index.html [babcom.com]
• http://www.hackboy.com/jargon [hackboy.com]
• http://www.pulhas.org/ [pulhas.org]
• http://www2.netdoor.com/~lhand [netdoor.com]
• http://avatar.deva.net/ [deva.net]
• http://www.blee.net/jargon [blee.net]
• http://www.fortuneci ty.com/skyscraper/jolt/15/jargonindex.html [fortunecity.com]
• http://www.jargon.8hz.com/ [8hz.com]
• http://culture.0wnz-u.org/ [0wnz-u.org]
• http://www.houseofhack.com/jargon [houseofhack.com]
• http://jollyrogers.com/jargon/ [jollyrogers.com]
• http://handel.math.psu.edu/jargon [psu.edu]

• http://celestrion.totalaccess.net/do cs/jargon/ [totalaccess.net]
• http://www.pir.net/pir/jargon/ [pir.net]
• http://www.technozen.com/tetsuo/jargon/ [technozen.com]
• http://ude.org/jargon [ude.org]
• http://web.chad.org/usr/doc/jargon-file/ [chad.org]

• http://karnak.nmc.siu.edu/jargon/ [siu.edu]

Australia:

• http://ecco.bsee.swin.edu.au/text/jargon/ [swin.edu.au]

• http://ecco.bsee.swin.edu.au/text/jargon [swin.edu.au]

Austria: http://www.snafu.priv.at/jargon/ [snafu.priv.at]

Czechoslovakia: ttp://www.instinct.org/texts/jargon-file/ [ttp]

Finland: http://zone.pspt.fi/jargon/ [zone.pspt.fi]

Germany:

• http://www.ude.org/jargon [ude.org]
• http://www.ghks.de/computer/jargon/ [www.ghks.de]
• http://www.math.fu-berlin.de/~rene/jargo n/ [fu-berlin.de]
• http://hex.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jargon/ [ruhr-uni-bochum.de]
• http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de /~bergt/jargon [hu-berlin.de]

Gret Britain: http://jargon.strugglers.net [strugglers.net]

Greece: http://www.hack.gr/jargon [www.hack.gr]

Italy: http://beatles.cselt.stet.it/mirrors/jargon [cselt.stet.it]

Japan: http://www.vacia.is.tohoku.ac.jp/jargon/ [tohoku.ac.jp]

Norway: http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/misc/jargon/ [pvv.ntnu.no] Poland: http://www.uci.agh.edu.pl/jargon/ [agh.edu.pl]

Spain: http://www.undersec.com/jargon [undersec.com]

Sweden: http://ftp.sunet.se/jargon/ [sunet.se]

U.K.:

• http://www.new.ox.ac.uk/admin/jargon/ [ox.ac.uk]
• http://g.pet.cam.ac.uk/g/jargon/ [cam.ac.uk]