uninteresting adj.
1. Said of a problem that, although
nontrivial, can be solved simply by throwing sufficient
resources at it. 2. Also said of problems for which a solution
would neither advance the state of the art nor be fun to design and
code.
Hackers regard uninteresting problems as intolerable wastes of
time, to be solved (if at all) by lesser mortals. Real
hackers (see toolsmith) generalize uninteresting problems
enough to make them interesting and solve them -- thus solving the
original problem as a special case (and, it must be admitted,
occasionally turning a molehill into a mountain, or a mountain into
a tectonic plate). See WOMBAT, SMOP; compare
1. Said of a problem that, although
nontrivial, can be solved simply by throwing sufficient
resources at it. 2. Also said of problems for which a solution
would neither advance the state of the art nor be fun to design and
code.
Hackers regard uninteresting problems as intolerable wastes of
time, to be solved (if at all) by lesser mortals. Real
hackers (see toolsmith) generalize uninteresting problems
enough to make them interesting and solve them -- thus solving the
original problem as a special case (and, it must be admitted,
occasionally turning a molehill into a mountain, or a mountain into
a tectonic plate). See WOMBAT, SMOP; compare
Related:
- uninteresting adj.
1. Said of a problem that, although
nontrivial,
can be solved simply by throwing sufficient resources... - WOMBAT: [Waste Of Money, Brains, And Time] adj. Applied to problems
which are both profoundly {uninteresting} in themselves and
unlikely to benefit anyone interesting even if solved.
Often used in fanciful constructions such as `wrestling... - WOMBAT /wom'bat/ adj.
[acronym: Waste Of Money,
Brains,
And Time] Applied to problems which are both profoundly... - trivial: adj. 1. Too simple to bother detailing. 2.
Not worth the speaker's time. 3. Complex, but solvable... - trivial adj.
1. Too simple to bother detailing. 2.
Not worth the speaker's time. 3. Complex, but solvable... - nontrivial: adj. Requiring real thought or significant computing
power.
Often used as an understated way of saying that a problem... - nontrivial adj.
Requiring real thought or significant
computing power.
Often used as an understated way of saying that a ... - AI-complete: /A-I k*m-pleet'/ [MIT, Stanford: by analogy with
`NP-complete' (see {NP-})] adj.
Used to describe problems or subproblems in AI,... - AI-complete /A-I k*m-pleet'/ adj.
[MIT, Stanford:
by analogy with `NP-complete' (see NP-)] Used to...
