splines
splines by Marinesownme September 4, 2006
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reticulating splines
Nonsense technobabble used in a production context.
Reticulating splines started off as an in-joke at Maxis and grew to fame with the widespread popularity of The Sims. While it does have a "real" meaning, this definition isn't actually correct in the context of its use. It's really a programming joke.
Reticulating splines is essentially filler. Don't want to describe what's holding up the program? It's reticulating splines. Why isn't the Internet working? The splines aren't reticulated. Heck, don't want to explain your calculus assignment? We're reticulating splines this week.
See also processor gremlins for the computer hardware equivalent.
Reticulating splines started off as an in-joke at Maxis and grew to fame with the widespread popularity of The Sims. While it does have a "real" meaning, this definition isn't actually correct in the context of its use. It's really a programming joke.
Reticulating splines is essentially filler. Don't want to describe what's holding up the program? It's reticulating splines. Why isn't the Internet working? The splines aren't reticulated. Heck, don't want to explain your calculus assignment? We're reticulating splines this week.
See also processor gremlins for the computer hardware equivalent.
reticulating splines by ndm13 April 21, 2015
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reticulating splines • spline • splints • spineshank • Spinesies • splicesparky • Splinex • spliney • splives • Shin Splints
reticulating splines
v.
A necessary computation performed by numerous Maxis Sim games. Content simply cannot be generated without meticulous reticulation.
See: reticulatingsplines on ytmnd for further information.
A necessary computation performed by numerous Maxis Sim games. Content simply cannot be generated without meticulous reticulation.
See: reticulatingsplines on ytmnd for further information.
reticulating splines by Crick Albert July 22, 2009
reticulating splines
The process of combining many short lines and curves into longer, interpolated ones called "splines."
Also, the process of combining many imprecise and abstract ideas into one larger, complex one.
Also, the process of combining many imprecise and abstract ideas into one larger, complex one.
reticulating splines by def5 December 30, 2008
reticulating splines
Constructing network based functions that are defined by divisible intervals while approximating said network and composing it of pieces of simple functions defined on subintervals and joined at their endpoints with a suitable degree of smoothness.
reticulating splines by SC2000 December 22, 2008
Spinesies
An au made by the newsies fandom where Jeremy Jordan, the lead actor in the amazing musical, steals peoples spines
Spinesies by I dont have a spine January 4, 2021
splives
Parasites similar to mites that dwell on the head. Or inside...for they have the ability to travel to the brain and subtly take over a human's consciousness.
splives by Andrew Morgan July 1, 2005
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