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Futility or Futile may refer to: Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan, an 1898 novel "Futility" (poem), 1918 poem by Wilfred Owen;
In game theory, a futile game is a game that permits a draw or a tie when optimal moves are made by both players. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] An example of this type of game is the classical form of Tic-tac-toe , [ 3 ] though not all variants are futile games.
"Futility" is a poem written by Wilfred Owen, one of the most renowned poets of World War I. The poem was written in May 1918 and published as no. 153 in The Complete Poems and Fragments.
Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs, which are written differently but pronounced the same).
6 Down: Utterly hopeless — FUTILE 8 Down: Trees with needles — PINES 9 Down: Like a big roller coaster drop — STEEP 11 Down: Number of "things I hate about you," in a rom-com title — TEN.
The term "whac-a-mole" (or "whack-a-mole") is often used colloquially to refer to a situation characterized by a series of futile, Sisyphean tasks, where the successful completion of one just yields another popping up elsewhere. In computer programming/debugging it refers to the prospect of fixing a bug causing a new one to appear as a result. [23]
Also jos lehmällä olisi siivet, se lentäisi (if cow had wings, it would fly), implying futile speculations. Also kun lipputanko kukkii ("when flagpole blossoms") and Tuohikuussa Pukin-päivän aikaan ("in Barkember on St. Buck's day", implying an imaginary month and imaginary day).
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