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A problem with a difficulty that only an expert could solve while expecting the same solution of a novice.
15. Consider a scenario in which a Host, A, wants to simultaneously send messages to Hosts B and C. A is connected to B and C via a broadcast channel -- a packet sent by A is carried by the channel to both B and C. Suppose that the broadcast channel connecting A, B, and C can independently lose and corrupt messages ( and so, for example, a message sent from A might be correctly received by B, but not by C). Design a stop-and-wait-like error-control protocol for reliably transferring a packet from A to B and C, such that A will not get new data from the upper layer until it knows that both B and C have correctly received the current packet. Give FMS descriptions of A and C. (Hint: The FSM for B should be essentially the same as for C.) Also, give a description of the packet format(s) used.

Student: Wow, that's sort of sunnish!
sunnish by Supertrontastic May 22, 2007
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Spinnish 

Random bullshit that someone is saying that has no truth behind it. They are spewing bullshit.
"He has been spewing spinnish all evening"
Spinnish by jaytea March 6, 2019

spinnish 

Spinnish is the language used by spin doctors and other political operatives; Corporate fuzzwords.

Chief table-pounders whose work requires them to be buzzword-compliant traffic in Spinnish.
Here's an example of Spinnish: "self-licking ice cream cone" n. a process, department, institution, or other thing that offers few benefits and exists primarily to justify or perpetuate its own existence. Also in the form self-licking lollipop. Related: flush tax, lean forward, bullet sponge, unass, lactivist, paleoconservative.
spinnish by Snookynibbles December 24, 2006

stunnishing 

A combination between stunning and ravishing. From Bewitched...
Girl: Does this dress look good?
Guy: YES! You look stunnishing!
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”
Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026
Word of the Day on May 23, 2026
well known from south park
rednecks get angrry that future folk took there jobs so they yell
They took ouare jerbs!
Them future folk took ouare jerbs!
jerb by Jimberley Kim April 7, 2005
Word of the Day on May 22, 2026