non-optimal solution n.
(also `sub-optimal solution') An
astoundingly stupid way to do something. This term is generally
used in deadpan sarcasm, as its impact is greatest when the person
speaking looks completely serious. Compare stunning. See
also Bad Thing.
(also `sub-optimal solution') An
astoundingly stupid way to do something. This term is generally
used in deadpan sarcasm, as its impact is greatest when the person
speaking looks completely serious. Compare stunning. See
also Bad Thing.
Related:
- non-optimal solution: n. (also `sub-optimal solution') An
astoundingly stupid way to do something.
This term is generally used in deadpan sarcasm,... - brute force adj.
Describes a primitive programming style,
one in which the programmer relies on the computer's... - pessimal /pes'im-l/ adj.
[Latin-based antonym for
`optimal'] Maximally bad.
"This is a pessimal situation." Also `pessimize'... - pessimal: /pes'im-l/ [Latin-based antonym for `optimal'] adj.
Maximally bad. "This is a pessimal situation." Also... - toy language: n. A language useful for instructional purposes or
as a proof-of-concept for some aspect of computer-science theory,
but inadequate for general-purpose programming. {Bad... - random adj.
1. Unpredictable (closest to mathematical
definition);
weird. "The system's been behaving pretty randomly... - wank /wangk/ n.,v.,adj.
[Columbia University: prob.
by mutation from Commonwealth slang v. `wank', to... - stunning adj.
Mind-bogglingly stupid. Usually used in
sarcasm.
"You want to code what in ADA? That's a ... stunning... - fool: n. As used by hackers, specifically describes a person who
habitually reasons from obviously or demonstrably incorrect
premises and cannot be persuaded by evidence to do otherwise;
it is not generally used in its other senses, i...
From the same category:
- dancing frog n.
[Vancouver area] A problem that occurs
on a computer that will not reappear while anyone else is watching.
From the classic Warner Brothers cartoon "One Froggy... - gronk out vi.
To cease functioning. Of people, to go home
and go to sleep.
"I guess I'll gronk out now; see you all tomorrow... - POM /P-O-M/ n.
Common abbreviation for phase of the moon.
Usage: usually in the phrase `POM-dep flaky... - sig virus n.
A parasitic meme embedded in a sig block.
There was... - minifloppies n.,obs.
5.25-inch vanilla floppy
disks,
as opposed to 3.5-inch or microfloppies and the ...
