I was thinking more like Spikedriver's Blues or Vlad the Impaler myself - either one has interesting connotations. The former is a small thing you do to get then entire project further along - each piece is part of the whole, so to speak. The latter, spiking the bastard dead and scoring one for the good guys - killing bugs and/or vampires with a quick spike right through them.
On Saturday 14 October 2006 17:40, steve smith wrote: > I think maybe "spike" like in Volleyball? > > On Oct 13, 2006, at 12:41 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: > > I'm reading a book on Groovy, a JVM language. It uses the word > > "spike" to signify a quick hack, see the quote below. > > to > > sketch some design ideas, do a *spike*(1), and maybe even run a > > functional prototype. > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
