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A related term to cargo cult programming in software engineering is cargo cult software engineering, coined by Steve McConnell. [4]: 23-26 McConnell describes software development organizations that attempt to emulate more successful development houses, either by slavishly following a software development process without understanding the reasoning behind it, or by attempting to emulate a ...
Anthropologists have described cargo cults as rooted in pre-existing aspects of Melanesian society, as a reaction to colonial oppression and inequality disrupting traditional village life, or both. [2]: 85 [1] Groups labeled as cargo cults were subject to a considerable number of anthropological publications from the late 1940s to the 1960s.
A ceremonial cross of the John Frum cargo cult, Tanna, New Hebrides (now Vanuatu), 1967 A John Frum cargo cult ceremonial flag-raising. The religion centering on John Frum arose no later than the late 1930s, when Vanuatu was known as the New Hebrides. The religion may have originated as early as the 1910s, according to a claim in 1949. [2]
It is a cargo cult of the Yaohnanen tribe, [1] who believe in the divinity of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921–2021), consort to Queen Elizabeth II (1926–2022).
A cargo cult is a type of a ritualistic belief system. Cargo cult may also refer to: Cargo cult science, a term coined by Richard Feynman to describe something that appears to be science but that lacks scientific integrity; Cargo cult programming, a style of computer programming that includes code or programs with no real purpose
The Johnson cult, formerly misidentified as a cargo cult, was initiated on New Hanover Island in Papua New Guinea in 1964. Although initially labelled a cargo cult, it has since been characterized as " political theatre ".
Three powertrains were available for the XC60 SUV in 2018, which include a 250-hp turbocharged 2.0-liter, a supercharged and turbocharged four that makes 316 hp, and yet another powertrain that ...
The movement itself was founded by Koriam Urekit upon his election in 1964, following a prophecy made by the Pomio cult leader Bernard Balatape ('Bernard') the year before. [2] During Koriam's parliamentary career he, Bernard, and his successor Kolman Kintape Molu ('Kolman') were all accorded a divine stature by Pomio Kivung devotees, as ...