"Tomek Sowiñski" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:op.vhplf7t5ot0...@las-miodowy... Dnia 19-08-2010 o 23:19:13 Nick Sabalausky <[email protected]> napisa³(a): >> I think it's been a bit of a "boiled frog" issue: Discussions tend to >> drift >> off-topic just a *little* at a time, so we don't notice until they're >> already a full-sized completely-offtopic discussion. > >Why slowly straying off topic is called "boiled frog"?
I've never tried it myself, but people say that if you put a frog in a pot of boiling water, it will hop out. But it you put it in cold water, and slowly bring it to a boil, it won't notice and it'll get cooked. It's a metaphor for how big changes are easily noticed, but many small gradual changes over time are difficult to notice. Michael Abrash mentioned it in one of his books (Zen of Graphics Programming, IIRC).
