:pnambic: /p*-nam'bik/ [Acronym from the scene in the film
version of "The Wizard of Oz" in which the true nature of the
wizard is first discovered: "Pay no attention to the man behind
the curtain."] 1. A stage of development of a process or function
that, owing to incomplete implementation or to the complexity of
the system, requires human interaction to simulate or replace some
or all of the actions, inputs, or outputs of the process or
function. 2. Of or pertaining to a process or function whose
apparent operations are wholly or partially falsified.
3. Requiring {prestidigitization}.
The ultimate pnambic product was "Dan Bricklin's Demo", a program
which supported flashy user-interface design prototyping. There is
a related maxim among hackers: "Any sufficiently advanced
technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo." See
{magic}, sense 1, for illumination of this point.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
version of "The Wizard of Oz" in which the true nature of the
wizard is first discovered: "Pay no attention to the man behind
the curtain."] 1. A stage of development of a process or function
that, owing to incomplete implementation or to the complexity of
the system, requires human interaction to simulate or replace some
or all of the actions, inputs, or outputs of the process or
function. 2. Of or pertaining to a process or function whose
apparent operations are wholly or partially falsified.
3. Requiring {prestidigitization}.
The ultimate pnambic product was "Dan Bricklin's Demo", a program
which supported flashy user-interface design prototyping. There is
a related maxim among hackers: "Any sufficiently advanced
technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo." See
{magic}, sense 1, for illumination of this point.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- pnambic /p*-nam'bik/
[Acronym from the scene in the film
version of "The Wizard of Oz" in which the true nature of the
wizard is first discovered:
"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain... - Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable
from a rigged demo... - Quote #488
"Any sufficiently advanced technology
is indistinguishable from a rigged demo... - Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo.
Andy... - demo: /de'moh/ [short for `demonstration'] 1. v. To
demonstrate a product or prototype.
A far more effective way of inducing bugs to manifest... - glitch: /glich/ [from German `glitschen' to slip, via Yiddish
`glitshen',
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Oliver Herford (1863... - My rules apply only to other people,
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Kinda makes it difficult to hold the bottle though...
