casting the runes
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What a guru does when you ask him or her to run a particular program because it never works for anyone else; especially used when nobody can ever see what the guru is doing different from what J. Random Luser does.
Compare incantation, runes, examining the entrails; also see the AI koan about Tom Knight.Last updated: 1997-12-26
Nearby terms:
CAST ♦ cast ♦ casters-up mode ♦ casting the runes ♦ CAT ♦ cat ♦ Cat 3 ♦ Cat 5
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