troglodyte mode

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

troglodyte mode
 n.

   [Rice University] Programming with the lights turned off, sunglasses
   on, and the terminal inverted (black on white) because you've been up
   for so many days straight that your eyes hurt (see {raster burn}).
   Loud music blaring from a stereo stacked in the corner is optional but
   recommended. See {larval stage}, {hack mode}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

troglodyte mode

   <jargon> (Rice University) Programming with the lights turned
   off, sunglasses on, and the terminal inverted (black on white)
   because you've been up for so many days straight that your
   eyes hurt (see {raster burn}).  Loud music blaring from a
   stereo stacked in the corner is optional but recommended.

   See {larval stage}, {hack mode}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1995-03-21)

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