Word of the Day

[hummingwolf]

Epsilon:
1. n. A small quantity of anything. "The cost is epsilon." 2. adj. Very small, negligible; less than marginal. "We can get this feature for epsilon cost." 3. `within epsilon of': close enough to be indistinguishable for all practical purposes, even closer than being `within delta of'. "That's not what I asked for, but it's within epsilon of what I wanted." Alternatively, it may mean not close enough, but very little is required to get it there: "My program is within epsilon of working."

Alternatively: The latest tropical storm. At least this one seems unlikely to make landfall in Florida--or anywhere else.

Anyone else wondering if we will see a hurricane at Christmas?

Comments

[pnksaph.livejournal.com]

Earlier today, some of the forecasters had the storm heading east, some had it heading west and some seemed to have it just swirling around in circles. It amused me, that there could be so many different forecasts and that they could be so completely different from one another.

They've all come together and agree now.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the first computer forecast maps were amusing. As a commenter on the weather blog asked, "Ok, who squashed a bug on the Forecast Model Map ? :-)"