: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}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- non-optimal solution n.
(also `sub-optimal solution') An
astoundingly stupid way to do something.
This term is generally used in deadpan sarcasm,... - pessimal: /pes'im-l/ [Latin-based antonym for `optimal'] adj.
Maximally bad. "This is a pessimal situation." Also... - stunning: adj. Mind-bogglingly stupid. Usually used in sarcasm.
"You want to code *what* in ADA? That's a ... stunning... - 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... - 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... - brute force adj.
Describes a primitive programming style,
one in which the programmer relies on the computer's... - mandelbug: /man'del-buhg/ [from the Mandelbrot set] n.
A bug whose underlying causes are so complex and... - elder days: n. The heroic age of hackerdom (roughly,
pre-1980); the era of the {PDP-10}, {TECO}, {{ITS}}... - signal-to-noise ratio: [from analog electronics] n.
Used by hackers in a generalization of its technical...
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- Computer operators do it with hard
drives... - He who beleives in nobody knows that he himself is
not to be trusted... - Hmmmm...Err..
Is it *suupposed* to smoke like that... - It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had individuality
enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.
I believe it was Magellan who said, "The church says... - A good cat,
is a dead cat...
