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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>on the gripping hand</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../O.html" title="O"/><link rel="previous" href="Old-Testament.html" title="Old Testament"/><link rel="next" href="one-banana-problem.html" title="one-banana problem"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">on the gripping hand</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Old-Testament.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">O</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="one-banana-problem.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="on-the-gripping-hand"/><dt xmlns="" id="on-the-gripping-hand"><b>on the gripping hand</b></dt></dt><dd><p> In the progression that starts “<span class="quote">On the one hand...</span>” and
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continues “<span class="quote">On the other hand...</span>” mainstream English may add
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“<span class="quote">on the third hand...</span>” even though most people don't have
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three hands. Among hackers, it is just as likely to be “<span class="quote">on the
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gripping hand</span>”. This metaphor supplied the title of Larry Niven
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& Jerry Pournelle's 1993 SF novel “<span class="quote">The Gripping Hand</span>”
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which involved a species of hostile aliens with three arms (the same
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species, in fact, referenced in <a href="../J/juggling-eggs.html"><i class="glossterm">juggling eggs</i></a>). As
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with <a href="../T/TANSTAAFL.html"><i class="glossterm">TANSTAAFL</i></a> and <a href="../C/con_.html"><i class="glossterm">con</i></a>, this
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usage became one of the naturalized imports from SF fandom frequently
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observed among hackers.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Old-Testament.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../O.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="one-banana-problem.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Old Testament </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> one-banana problem</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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