← Back to context Comment by skrebbel 15 years ago I think you get the blank stares because half the interviewees don't know what "pessimal" means. 2 comments skrebbel Reply cubicle67 15 years ago Cmd+Ctrl+d: no entries foundI guess it's a mix of optimal and pessimistic. Pessimistically optimal ("This may be optimal, but I doubt it") or Optimally pessimistic ("This is absolutely the worst possibly outcome ever") :) Leynos 15 years ago The latter:https://secure.wikimedia.org/wiktionary/en/wiki/pessimalThe other time I've seen a similar derivation used is in "The Story of Mel"'Mel called the maximum time-delay locations the "most pessimum". '
cubicle67 15 years ago Cmd+Ctrl+d: no entries foundI guess it's a mix of optimal and pessimistic. Pessimistically optimal ("This may be optimal, but I doubt it") or Optimally pessimistic ("This is absolutely the worst possibly outcome ever") :) Leynos 15 years ago The latter:https://secure.wikimedia.org/wiktionary/en/wiki/pessimalThe other time I've seen a similar derivation used is in "The Story of Mel"'Mel called the maximum time-delay locations the "most pessimum". '
Leynos 15 years ago The latter:https://secure.wikimedia.org/wiktionary/en/wiki/pessimalThe other time I've seen a similar derivation used is in "The Story of Mel"'Mel called the maximum time-delay locations the "most pessimum". '
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I guess it's a mix of optimal and pessimistic. Pessimistically optimal ("This may be optimal, but I doubt it") or Optimally pessimistic ("This is absolutely the worst possibly outcome ever") :)
The latter:
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wiktionary/en/wiki/pessimal
The other time I've seen a similar derivation used is in "The Story of Mel"
'Mel called the maximum time-delay locations the "most pessimum". '