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by Darth Ridley March 25, 2007
Get the gaa mug.A group of academics who exclusively cite each other and nobody else.
Rare in science, but surprisingly common in arts and humanities.
Rare in science, but surprisingly common in arts and humanities.
Mary's research on sexuality in Victorian times ran into a snag when she hit a citation circle and couldn't get out.
by Darth Ridley January 6, 2007
Get the citation circle mug.Mess entropy refers to the tendency of a room to naturally become less tidy as time progresses. May be expressed mathematically as:
dE=dM/t
where E is the mess entropy, M is the actual amount of mess, and t is a given time interval.
dE=dM/t
where E is the mess entropy, M is the actual amount of mess, and t is a given time interval.
by Darth Ridley March 6, 2007
Get the mess entropy mug.On Wikipedia, an edit war is where someone changes an entry, and then someone else changes it back. These two then keep changing the entry back and forth rather than discussing the matter on the talk page.
Recently, and edit war on Wikipedia's 'British Isles' entry over whether it was right to include Ireland in the British isles led to textbook pbulisher Fallons to remove all references to the 'British isles' from the Irish editions of their atlases.
by Darth Ridley December 27, 2006
Get the edit war mug.An evil bastard and CEO of Apple Computers.
Bill Gates is in the process of giving 85% of his fortunate to charity. Linus Torvalds single-handedly invented Linux, and made it free and open-source. Jobs has done neither of these things.
When Jobs' own company, NeXt, failed miserably, he returned to Apple as CEO. At the time, several other companies were manufacturing MacOS-compatible computers; Jobs revoked their licenses. He also put the kibosh on a project to develop a PC-compatible version of MacOS, the result of both of these actions being that if you want to use MacOS, you have to buy a Mac.
Bill Gates is in the process of giving 85% of his fortunate to charity. Linus Torvalds single-handedly invented Linux, and made it free and open-source. Jobs has done neither of these things.
When Jobs' own company, NeXt, failed miserably, he returned to Apple as CEO. At the time, several other companies were manufacturing MacOS-compatible computers; Jobs revoked their licenses. He also put the kibosh on a project to develop a PC-compatible version of MacOS, the result of both of these actions being that if you want to use MacOS, you have to buy a Mac.
If it wasn't for Steve Jobs, more people would use MacOS because they wouldn't have to spend lots of money on a computer they can't modify and isn't compatible with lots of peripherals.
If I had a Death Note, I would write 'Steve Jobs - death by diarrhoea' in it.
If I had a Death Note, I would write 'Steve Jobs - death by diarrhoea' in it.
by Darth Ridley April 25, 2008
Get the steve jobs mug.by Darth Ridley March 25, 2007
Get the flip mug.A situation in which several people all have guns (or, occasionally, other projectile weapons) pointed at each other's heads.
The origins of the 'Mexican' part is unknown
The origins of the 'Mexican' part is unknown
by Darth Ridley September 21, 2006
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