:has the X nature: [seems to derive from Zen Buddhist koans of the
form "Does an X have the Buddha-nature?"] adj. Common hacker
construction for `is an X', used for humorous emphasis. "Anyone
who can't even use a program with on-screen help embedded in it
truly has the {loser} nature!" See also {the X that can be Y
is not the true X}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
form "Does an X have the Buddha-nature?"] adj. Common hacker
construction for `is an X', used for humorous emphasis. "Anyone
who can't even use a program with on-screen help embedded in it
truly has the {loser} nature!" See also {the X that can be Y
is not the true X}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- has the X nature
[seems to derive from Zen Buddhist koans
of the form "Does an X have the Buddha-nature?"] adj.
Common hacker construction for `is an X', used for... - the X that can be Y is not the true X: Yet another instance of
hackerdom's peculiar attraction to mystical references -
a common humorous way of making exclusive statements... - koan /koh'an/ n.
A Zen teaching riddle. Classically,
koans are attractive paradoxes to be meditated on;... - nature n.
See has the X nature... - mu: /moo/ The correct answer to the classic trick question
"Have you stopped beating your wife yet?".
Assuming that you have no wife or you have never... - mu /moo/
The correct answer to the classic trick question
"Have you stopped beating your wife yet?".
Assuming that you have no wife or you have never... - hacker humor
A distinctive style of shared
intellectual humor found among hackers,
having the following marked characteristics: 1... - canonical adj.
[very common; historically, `according
to religious law'] The usual or standard state or manner of
something.
This word has a somewhat more technical meaning in... - the X that can be Y is not the true X
Yet another instance
of hackerdom's peculiar attraction to mystical references -
a common humorous way of making exclusive statements...
From the same category:
- RESTITUTOR, n. Benefactor; philanthropist.
-- Ambrose Bierce,
"The Devil's... - Is it better to have a leg longer than the other or
shorter... - Those who live in grass houses shouldn't stow
thrones... - A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.
H. L. Mencken (1880... - So just tell me to 'Shut up, Wesley' and I will.
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Wesley, "Datalore", stardate 41242...
