CASTING THE RUNES
\kˈastɪŋ ðə ɹˈuːnz], \kˈastɪŋ ðə ɹˈuːnz], \k_ˈa_s_t_ɪ_ŋ ð_ə ɹ_ˈuː_n_z]\
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What a guru does when you ask him or her to run aparticular program because it never works for anyone else;especially used when nobody can ever see what the guru isdoing different from what J. Random Luser does.Compare incantation, runes, examining the entrails; alsosee the AI koan about Tom Knight.
By Denis Howe
Word of the day
Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.