| slovo | definícia |
like nailing jelly to a tree
(foldoc) | like nailing jelly to a tree
nailing jelly
Used to describe a task thought to be
impossible, especially one in which the difficulty arises from
poor specification or inherent slipperiness in the problem
domain. "Trying to display the "prettiest" arrangement of
nodes and arcs that diagrams a given graph is like nailing
jelly to a tree, because nobody's sure what "prettiest" means
algorithmically."
[Jargon File]
(1997-12-23)
|
like nailing jelly to a tree
(jargon) | like nailing jelly to a tree
adj.
Used to describe a task thought to be impossible, esp. one in which the
difficulty arises from poor specification or inherent slipperiness in the
problem domain. “Trying to display the ‘prettiest’ arrangement of nodes and
arcs that diagrams a given graph is like nailing jelly to a tree, because
nobody's sure what ‘prettiest’ means algorithmically.”
Hacker use of this term may recall mainstream slang originated early in the
20th century by President Theodore Roosevelt. There is a legend that, weary
of inconclusive talks with Colombia over the right to dig a canal through
its then-province Panama, he remarked, “Negotiating with those pirates is
like trying to nail currant jelly to the wall.” Roosevelt's government
subsequently encouraged the anti-Colombian insurgency that created the
nation of Panama.
|
| |
Nenašli ste slovo čo ste hľadali ? Doplňte ho do slovníka.
na vytvorenie tejto webstránky bol pužitý dictd server s dátami z sk-spell.sk.cx a z iných voľne dostupných dictd databáz. Ak máte klienta na dictd protokol (napríklad kdict), použite zdroj slovnik.iz.sk a port 2628.
online slovník, sk-spell - slovníkové dáta, IZ Bratislava, Malé Karpaty - turistika, Michal Páleník, správy, údaje o okresoch V4