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smoke and mirrors
(encz) | smoke and mirrors, |
smoke and mirrors
(foldoc) | smoke and mirrors
Marketing deceptions. The term is mainstream in this general
sense. Among hackers it's strongly associated with bogus
demos and crocked benchmarks (see also MIPS,
machoflops). "They claim their new box cranks 50 MIPS for
under $5000, but didn't specify the instruction mix - sounds
like smoke and mirrors to me." The phrase has been said to
derive from carnie slang for magic acts and "freak show"
displays that depend on "trompe l"oeil' effects, but also
calls to mind the fierce Aztec god Tezcatlipoca (lit. "Smoking
Mirror") for whom the hearts of huge numbers of human
sacrificial victims were regularly cut out. Upon hearing
about a rigged demo or yet another round of fantasy-based
marketing promises, hackers often feel analogously
disheartened.
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smoke and mirrors
(jargon) | smoke and mirrors
n.
Marketing deceptions. The term is mainstream in this general sense. Among
hackers it's strongly associated with bogus demos and crocked benchmarks
(see also MIPS, machoflops). “They claim their new box cranks 50 MIPS
for under $5000, but didn't specify the instruction mix — sounds like smoke
and mirrors to me.” The phrase, popularized by newspaper columnist Jimmy
Breslin c.1975, has been said to derive from carnie slang for magic acts
and ‘freak show’ displays that depend on trompe l'oeil effects, but also
calls to mind the fierce Aztec god Tezcatlipoca (lit. “Smoking Mirror”) for
whom the hearts of huge numbers of human sacrificial victims were regularly
cut out. Upon hearing about a rigged demo or yet another round of
fantasy-based marketing promises, hackers often feel analogously
disheartened. See also stealth manager.
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