:suitably small: [perverted from mathematical jargon] adj. An
expression used ironically to characterize unquantifiable
behavior that differs from expected or required behavior. For
example, suppose a newly created program came up with a correct
full-screen display, and one publicly exclaimed: "It works!"
Then, if the program dumped core on the first mouse click, one might
add: "Well, for suitably small values of `works'." Compare
the characterization of pi under {{random numbers}}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
expression used ironically to characterize unquantifiable
behavior that differs from expected or required behavior. For
example, suppose a newly created program came up with a correct
full-screen display, and one publicly exclaimed: "It works!"
Then, if the program dumped core on the first mouse click, one might
add: "Well, for suitably small values of `works'." Compare
the characterization of pi under {{random numbers}}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- suitably small adj.
[perverted from mathematical jargon]
An expression used ironically to characterize unquantifiable
behavior that differs from expected or required behavior.
For example, suppose a newly created program came... - demented: adj. Yet another term of disgust used to describe a
program.
The connotation in this case is that the program works... - nonlinear: adj. [scientific computation] 1. Behaving in an erratic
and unpredictable fashion;
unstable. When used to describe the behavior of... - for values of: [MIT] A common rhetorical maneuver at MIT is to use
any of the canonical {random numbers} as placeholders for
variables.
"The max function takes 42 arguments, for arbitrary... - crock: [from the American scatologism `crock of shit'] n.
1. An awkward feature or programming technique that... - glitch: /glich/ [from German `glitschen' to slip, via Yiddish
`glitshen',
to slide or skid] 1. n. A sudden interruption in ... - random adj.
1. Unpredictable (closest to mathematical
definition);
weird. "The system's been behaving pretty randomly... - sufficiently small adj.
Syn.
suitably small... - noddy: /nod'ee/ [UK: from the children's books] adj.
1. Small and un-useful, but demonstrating a point....
From the same category:
- The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves
throughout their lives.
Robert Maynard... - If you are honest because honesty is the best policy,
your honesty is corrupt... - Interior Decorating
Curt... - OLD GRAPHIC ARTISTS never die,
they just de-rez... - I know I'm going to miss her, a tomato ate my sister.
From "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes"...
