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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>wave a dead chicken</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="../W.html" title="W"/><link rel="previous" href="water-MIPS.html" title="water MIPS"/><link rel="next" href="weasel.html" title="weasel"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">wave a dead chicken</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="water-MIPS.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">W</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="weasel.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="wave-a-dead-chicken"/><dt xmlns="" id="wave-a-dead-chicken"><b>wave a dead chicken</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">v.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> To perform a ritual in the direction of crashed software or hardware
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that one believes to be futile but is nevertheless necessary so that others
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are satisfied that an appropriate degree of effort has been expended.
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“<span class="quote">I'll wave a dead chicken over the source code, but I really think
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we've run into an OS bug.</span>” Compare
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<a href="../V/voodoo-programming.html"><i class="glossterm">voodoo programming</i></a>, <a href="../R/rain-dance.html"><i class="glossterm">rain dance</i></a>; see also
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