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Fear And Loathing
  • A state inspired by the prospect of dealing with certain real-world systems and standards that are totally brain-damaged but ubiquitous -- Intel 8086s, or COBOL, or EBCDIC, or any IBM machine except the Rios (a. k. a. the RS/6000). "Ack! They want PCs to be able to talk to the AI machine. Fear and loathing time!"