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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>rat dance</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../R.html" title="R"/><link rel="previous" href="rat-belt.html" title="rat belt"/><link rel="next" href="rathole.html" title="rathole"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">rat dance</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="rat-belt.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">R</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="rathole.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="rat-dance"/><dt xmlns="" id="rat-dance"><b>rat dance</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [From the <a href="../D/Dilbert.html"><i class="glossterm">Dilbert</i></a> comic strip of November 14,
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1995] A <a href="../H/hacking-run.html"><i class="glossterm">hacking run</i></a> that produces results which,
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while superficially coherent, have little or nothing to do with its
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original objectives. There are strong connotations that the coding process
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and the objectives themselves were pretty <a href="random.html"><i class="glossterm">random</i></a>.
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(In the original comic strip, the Ratbert is invited to dance on Dilbert's
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keyboard in order to produce bugs for him to fix, and authors a Web browser
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instead.) Compare <a href="../I/Infinite-Monkey-Theorem.html"><i class="glossterm">Infinite-Monkey Theorem</i></a>.</p><p>This term seems to have become widely recognized quite rapidly after
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the original strip, a fact which testifies to Dilbert's huge popularity
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among hackers. All too many find the perverse incentives and Kafkaesque
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atmosphere of Dilbert's mythical workplace reflective of their own
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experiences.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="rat-belt.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../R.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="rathole.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">rat belt<6C></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>rathole</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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