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• fencepost error n. 1. [common] A problem with the discrete equivalent of a boundary condition, often exhibited in programs by iterative loops.
  From the following problem: "If you build a fence 100 feet long with posts 10 feet apart, how many posts do you need?...
• fencepost error: n. 1. A problem with the discrete equivalent of a boundary condition, often exhibited in programs by iterative loops.
  From the following problem: "If you build a fence 100 feet long with posts 10 feet apart, how many posts do you need?...
• 1. If you can get to the faulty part, you don't have the tool to get it off.
  2. If you can get the part off, the parts house will have it back-ordered....
• Are you sure (N/N)?
• Actually, the probability is 100% that the elevator will be going in the right direction.
  Proof by induction: N=1. Trivialy true, since both you and the elevator only have one floor to go to....
• padded cell n. Where you put lusers so they can't hurt anything.
  A program that limits a luser to a carefully restricted subset of the capabilities of the host system (for example, the rsh(1) utility on USG Unix)....
• padded cell: n. Where you put {luser}s so they can't hurt anything.
  A program that limits a luser to a carefully restricted subset of the capabilities of the host system (for example, the `rsh(1)' utility on USG UNIX)....
• USER n.: A programmer who will believe anything you tell him.