Wilding A reference to wireless Internet LAN discovery, the practice by wireless hackers (aka whackers) of searching neighborhoods for leaky 802.11b networks to exploit.
Advergame A downloadable or Web-based game created solely to enable product placements.
Pop Comics Transmetropolitan author Warren Ellis' term for the new breed of short-lived comics that counters the never-ending superhero genre. Ellis sees pop comics as "fast delivery systems for explosive storytelling."
Warnock's Dilemma The act of choosing whether the lack of response to a discussion-list post is because of its brilliance (there's nothing to add) or because of its stupidity (it doesn't deserve comment). Named after Brian Warnock, who first described the condition on a Perl list.
Tip o' the paper Panama to Mark Crane, Cory Doctorow, and David Nicol.
- Gareth Branwyn (jargon@wiredmag.com)
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