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Poka-yoke was originally baka-yoke, but as this means "fool-proofing" (or "idiot-proofing") the name was changed to the milder poka-yoke. [4] Poka-yoke is derived from poka o yokeru (ポカを避ける), a term in shogi that means avoiding an unthinkably bad move.
The term "idiot-proof" became popular in the 1970s. [2] It may have been invented as a stronger-sounding version of foolproof, as the force of foolproof had declined due to frequent usage. Perhaps for the same reason, "foolproof" is now a formal term, whereas "idiot-proof" remains informal.
If the arresting wires fail to capture the aircraft, it is able to take off again; this is an example of fail-safe practice. [10] In railway signalling signals which are not in active use for a train are required to be kept in the 'danger' position. The default position of every controlled absolute signal is therefore "danger", and therefore a ...
Foolproof is a synonym for idiot-proof, an assurance, meaning a device that can't be damaged by improper use, and may refer to: Foolproof, a 2003 Canadian heist film "Foolproof", a 1996 song by Canadian country music group Desert Dolphins "Foolproof", a 2021 song by Hayden James, Gorgon City and Nat Dunn; FoolProof, a financial education initiative
Some adherents of young-Earth creationism make an argument (called the Omphalos hypothesis after the Greek word for navel) that the world was created with the appearance of age; e.g., the sudden appearance of a mature chicken capable of laying eggs. This ad hoc hypothesis introduced into young-Earth creationism is unfalsifiable because it says ...
Former The View cohost and conservative commentator Elisabeth Hasselbeck has slammed current panelist and comedian Joy Behar after the latter criticized Carrie Underwood's decision to perform at ...
Kilpatrick, James. "Begging Question Assumes Proof of an Unproved Proposition". Rocky Mountain News (CO) 6 April 1997. Accessed through Access World News on 3 June 2009. Martin, Robert M. There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book: A sourcebook of philosophical puzzles, paradoxes, and problems. Broadview Press, 2002. ISBN 1-55111-493-3.
CBS/Getty; ABC/Getty. Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote circa 1984; Jamie Lee Curtis at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, on March 12, 2023