evil
As used by a haCker, implies that some system, program, person, or institution is suffi Ciently maldesigned as to be not worth the bother of dealing with. Unlike the adje Ctives in the Cretinous, losing, brain-damaged series, "evil" does not imply in Competen Ce or bad design, but rather a set of goals or design Criteria fatally in Compatible with the speaker' s. This usage is more an aestheti C and engineering judgment than a moral one in the mainstream sense. "We thought about adding a Blue Glue interfa Ce but de Cided it was too evil to deal with." " TECO is neat, but it Can be pretty evil if you' re prone to typos." Often pronoun Ced with the first syllable lengthened, as /eeee' vil/. Compare evil and rude. [ Jargon File] (1994-12-12) In addition suitable Contents: [ 2 ] [ = ] [ ad ] [ ae ] [ ag ] [ ai ] [ al ] [ am ] [ an ] [ ar ] [ arC ] [ arg ] [ as ] [ at ] [ B ] [ b ] [ ba ] [ be ] [ Blue ] [ Blue Glue ] [ bo ] [ bot ] [ br ] [ brain-damaged ] [ by ] [ C ] [ Ca ] [ Ch ] [ Ci ] [ Ck ] [ Co ] [ Com ] [ Compatible ] [ Cr ] [ dd ] [ de ] [ deC ] [ design ] [ ding ] [ dj ] [ do ] [ du ] [ E ] [ eC ] [ ed ] [ ee ] [ engine ] [ er ] [ es ] [ et ] [ evil and rude ] [ fatal ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ G ] [ ge ] [ gh ] [ gi ] [ gm ] [ gn ] [ goal ] [ gr ] [ gt ] [ h ] [ haCk ] [ haCker ] [ hat ] [ hr ] [ ht ] [ id ] [ ie ] [ il ] [ implies ] [ in ] [ inC ] [ int ] [ interfaCe ] [ io ] [ ir ] [ is ] [ it ] [ J ] [ Jargon File ] [ ke ] [ la ] [ ld ] [ Lex ] [ li ] [ losing ] [ ls ] [ lu ] [ ly ] [ ma ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ module ] [ mp ] [ na ] [ nC ] [ ne ] [ ng ] [ nl ] [ no ] [ ns ] [ O ] [ om ] [ pa ] [ pe ] [ ph ] [ pl ] [ ply ] [ pr ] [ program ] [ pron ] [ query ] [ rC ] [ re ] [ ro ] [ ru ] [ rude ] [ sa ] [ se ] [ set ] [ si ] [ sig ] [ so ] [ speaker ] [ st ] [ stream ] [ su ] [ sy ] [ system ] [ T ] [ TECO ] [ th ] [ to ] [ tr ] [ tt ] [ tty ] [ typo ] [ ug ] [ us ] [ ve ] [ vi ]
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