Some additional thoughts on that...
This is deceptively nontrivial.
double negative will always get'ya
This is deceptively repulsive.
so it is any where from neutral to attractive
It's deceptively useless.
Tofu is deceptively stinky--it's stinky, but not really.
This is deceptively funny
so... it isn't funny?
This is deceptively vague.
is it a deception if it is not vauge?
He is deceptively cool.
well, so he's uncool then?
That's deceptively awful.
so... not awful, but still can be pretty bad.
So when x is deceptively y, y must at least be the case in appearance if not in other ways. and if it speaks of appearance, then contradiction is created.
Deceptively intuitive, unintuitive, and counter-intuitive.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
I deceive thee
Brain twister, think quick, when you see this, what do you think it means? A, B, or C?
"The pool is deceptively shallow"
A.) The pool is shallow.
B.) The pool is deep.
C.) Can't decide on the initial pass.
Jeff Nunberg speaks of this example in his book Going Nucular. It's actually fairly interesting, at least to my brain.
So if you think A.) then you are saying that the perceived shallowness is deceptive, and that it's actually shallower than you see. If you chose B.) then you're thinking the perceived shallowness is false in the other way, that it is deeper than it seems. From my reading, Nunberg's commentary on this is, well, for lack of a better expression: deceptive. Nunberg's sample were spread between the choices 1/3 each. If you are of choice A or B, you may think that the other 2/3 are stupid .
Okay, okay, so maybe after repeating several times, you've chosen A, or B... Try this one:
"This person is deceptively intelligent"
Are you smart? or Dumb? (So if he's deceptively dumb, then he's obviously intelligent and appear dumb, but if he's deceptively intelligent... then, he's dumb?)
I want to say that shallow is somewhat neutral in normal language usage for this to be a problem... but if we say that out loud
"That thing's certain characteristic is deceptively neutral"
"That thing's certain characteristic is deceptively extreme"
It is immediately clear that what we mean is "not neutral", and "not extreme" (aka neutral) respectively.
The weather is deceptively mild. (Actually the case in bay area)
So this means, to pathologize the problem, we need to find a concept that has no clear counterpart. For instance, if we say something is deceptively something precise, it maximizes the alternative:
"That girl is deceptively 5'6""
yields almost no information. But this doesn't always work.
"That girl is deceptively 18"
seems to have connotations. The connotation is not clear (too old? not old enough?), but it clearly says more than the height statement.
For the psychologists:
"That tent is deceptively green."
For the philosophers:
"This statement is being made deceptively."
And of course, for all CS people,
"This blog is deceptively deceptive."
"The pool is deceptively shallow"
A.) The pool is shallow.
B.) The pool is deep.
C.) Can't decide on the initial pass.
Jeff Nunberg speaks of this example in his book Going Nucular. It's actually fairly interesting, at least to my brain.
So if you think A.) then you are saying that the perceived shallowness is deceptive, and that it's actually shallower than you see. If you chose B.) then you're thinking the perceived shallowness is false in the other way, that it is deeper than it seems. From my reading, Nunberg's commentary on this is, well, for lack of a better expression: deceptive. Nunberg's sample were spread between the choices 1/3 each. If you are of choice A or B, you may think that the other 2/3 are stupid .
Okay, okay, so maybe after repeating several times, you've chosen A, or B... Try this one:
"This person is deceptively intelligent"
Are you smart? or Dumb? (So if he's deceptively dumb, then he's obviously intelligent and appear dumb, but if he's deceptively intelligent... then, he's dumb?)
I want to say that shallow is somewhat neutral in normal language usage for this to be a problem... but if we say that out loud
"That thing's certain characteristic is deceptively neutral"
"That thing's certain characteristic is deceptively extreme"
It is immediately clear that what we mean is "not neutral", and "not extreme" (aka neutral) respectively.
The weather is deceptively mild. (Actually the case in bay area)
So this means, to pathologize the problem, we need to find a concept that has no clear counterpart. For instance, if we say something is deceptively something precise, it maximizes the alternative:
"That girl is deceptively 5'6""
yields almost no information. But this doesn't always work.
"That girl is deceptively 18"
seems to have connotations. The connotation is not clear (too old? not old enough?), but it clearly says more than the height statement.
For the psychologists:
"That tent is deceptively green."
For the philosophers:
"This statement is being made deceptively."
And of course, for all CS people,
"This blog is deceptively deceptive."
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
What you lack in faith you more than make up for...
by your stupidity
with your intelligence
with your poverty
by your wallet
in your pants
under your belt
in sex
in calories
in tans-fats
in recklessness
in fame
in incentive stock options
in tardiness
in retardation
in evilness
with your programming skills
with your logic
in male hormones
in female hormones
with pheromone
with disbelieve
with your oddities
with your intelligence
with your poverty
by your wallet
in your pants
under your belt
in sex
in calories
in tans-fats
in recklessness
in fame
in incentive stock options
in tardiness
in retardation
in evilness
with your programming skills
with your logic
in male hormones
in female hormones
with pheromone
with disbelieve
with your oddities
Another prayer (Randy Pausch's favorite)
Favorite (Hmmm, ff is barfing on that word, wants me to spell it favourite. weird)
Watching ABC tribute to the recently dead Carnegie-Mellon professor Randy Pausch says his favorite prayer (though not openly religious) is the Serenity Prayer:
......., I'm such an Eeyore.... (where as Pausch was tigger. hehe)
Watching ABC tribute to the recently dead Carnegie-Mellon professor Randy Pausch says his favorite prayer (though not openly religious) is the Serenity Prayer:
- God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things that should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.
......., I'm such an Eeyore.... (where as Pausch was tigger. hehe)
Sunday, July 27, 2008
about divorse and unhappy separations
Robbin Willimas:
"Ah, YES, diverse, from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet."
I recently observed this sentiment, though, not knowing he said that before:
Why don't you just stab my heart from my asshole straight away!! That would be much less painful!
"Ah, YES, diverse, from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet."
I recently observed this sentiment, though, not knowing he said that before:
Why don't you just stab my heart from my asshole straight away!! That would be much less painful!
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
the getting of downs
A modern metaphor for an all out conflict, a counter part to The Godfather's "Going to the mattress" oughta be: "Going off line."
As in "THAT'S IT!!! We're going off line this time!!"
As in "THAT'S IT!!! We're going off line this time!!"
leno jokes
Why do seagulls fly over the sea and not the bay? because if they did it would be baygulls.
The chicken and egg are lying in bed, and the chicken says: well, that answers that question.
A guy goes into a doctor's office with a broccoli in one ear, and carrot in the other and a potato in the nose.... and the doc says.. you haven't been eating right.
The chicken and egg are lying in bed, and the chicken says: well, that answers that question.
A guy goes into a doctor's office with a broccoli in one ear, and carrot in the other and a potato in the nose.... and the doc says.. you haven't been eating right.
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