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Feature Shock N. [from Alvin Toffler's Book Title "Future Shock"] A User's (or Programmer's!
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feature shock n.
[from Alvin Toffler's book title
"Future Shock"] A user's (or programmer's!) confusion when
confronted with a package that has too many features and poor
introductory material.
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feature shock n. [from Alvin Toffler's book title "Future Shock"] A user's (or programmer's!
) confusion when confronted with a package that has too many features and poor introductory material....
Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock.
-- Alvin Toffle...
ALVIN TOFFLER will do it in the future.
Unemployment has gone from quantitative to qualitative. -- Alvin Toffle
Warning: Shock hazard. No user-serviceable components inside.
critical mass n. In physics, the minimum amount of fissionable material required to sustain a chain reaction.
Of a software product, describes a condition of the software such that fixing one bug introduces one plus epsilon bugs....
critical mass: n. In physics, the minimum amount of fissionable material required to sustain a chain reaction.
Of a software product, describes a condition of the software such that fixing one bug introduces one plus {epsilon} bugs....
crock: [from the American scatologism `crock of shit'] n.
1. An awkward feature or programming technique that ought to be made cleaner....
crock n. [from the American scatologism `crock of shit'] 1.
An awkward feature or programming technique that ought to be made cleaner....