film at 11
[MIT in parody of TV newscasters] 1. Used in
conversation to announce ordinary events, with a sarcastic
implication that these events are earth-shattering. "
{ITS}
crashes; film at 11." "Bug found in scheduler; film at 11."
2. Also widely used outside MIT to indicate that additional
information will be available at some future time, *without*
the implication of anything particularly ordinary about the
referenced event. For example, "The mail file server died this
morning; we found garbage all over the root directory. Film at
11." would indicate that a major failure had occurred but the
people working on it have no additional information about it. Use
of the phrase in this way suggests gently people would appreciate
it if users would quit bothering them and wait for the 1100 news
for additional information.
