Sunday, December 20, 2009

Terra ignota and Here be dragons

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_incognita
Terra ignota or terra incognita (Latin "unknown land," with incognita stressed on its second syllable in Latin, but with variation in pronunciation in English) is a term used in cartography for regions that have not been mapped or documented.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_be_dragons
"Here be dragons" is a phrase used to denote dangerous or unexplored territories, in imitation of the medieval practice of putting sea serpents and other mythological creatures in blank areas of maps.
 
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=here%20be%20dragons
A comment hackers put in their code to indicate that the next section somehow works even though they don't know why, so please, please don't touch it. Term originates from cartography, meaning dangerous or unexplored sections.
 
p/s: // warning: here be dragons! in this blog... heher

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