Found 2 hits - Term: wave a dead chicken, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
wave a dead chicken v. to perform a ritual in the direction of crashed
software or hardware that one believes to be futile but is nevertheless
necessary so that others are satisfied that an appropriate degree of
effort has been expended. "i'll wave a dead chicken over the source
code, but i really think we've run into an os bug." compare voodoo
programming, rain dance; see also casting the runes.
see also:
voodoo programming rain dance casting the runes
- [2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
wave a dead chicken
to perform a ritual in the direction of crashed
software or hardware that one believes to be futile but is
nevertheless necessary so that others are satisfied that an
appropriate degree of effort has been expended. "i'll wave a
dead chicken over the source code, but i really think we've
run into an os bug".
compare voodoo programming, rain dance.
jargon file
1996-09-08
see also:
voodoo programming rain dance jargon file
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