http://www.edthedev.com Edward Delaporte's Technical Journal Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:30:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.edthedev.com/2009/the-nth-penguin/ http://www.edthedev.com/2009/the-nth-penguin/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:02:23 +0000 Edward Delaporte http://www.edthedev.com/?p=10615

Idiom: The early bird gets the worm.

Meaning: Many opportunities are just waiting for the first person to come along and claim them.

Idiom: The first penguin is the one that gets eaten.

Meaning: Be careful; sometimes there’s a reason everyone else is waiting.

Idiom: The last penguin doesn’t get any shrimp.

Meaning: If you’re too careful, you’re going to miss out on the thing you wanted.

Idiom: Be the second penguin.

Meaning: For a good opportunity, find someone who did it wrong and improve on their method.

Idiom: Be the (n+1)th penguin, where n is the predicted number of seals.

Meaning: Even the second penguin can get eaten.

Idiom: Be the ((prob.nearby * prob.hungry * num.seals)+1)th penguin.

Meaning: Math can be handy, if you do it quickly enough that you haven’t already missed all of the shrimp and quite a bit of the tobogganing and other penguin shenanigans. ]]> http://www.edthedev.com/2009/the-nth-penguin/feed/ 0