Archives

The Tech Nightmares Archives contain articles and other data that we, the site moderators, believe have a historical significance to the technical community. Most things enter the archives because their original site or news group is now gone, or because there is no centralized location for the information.

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The List

These are the current archives on Tech Nightmares. The content is not the creation of the creators of this web site.

BestBuySux.org

This is an archive of a web site that once existed detailing how Best Buy treated customers, as well as detailing Best Buy policy towards employees.

Jargon File (4.4.7)

This document is a collection of slang terms used by various subcultures of computer hackers. Though some technical material is included for background and flavor, it is not a technical dictionary; what we describe here is the language hackers use among themselves for fun, social communication, and technical debate.