An open-loop system is unable to correct any errors that it makes, and it cannot engage in machine learning.

“I’m not even talking to you so how can I be irritating you?” Adriana said. “Because you’re a total derpina,” Chloe said.

[Of Italian peasants] And then their dress—the fine plaited chemisette close round the throat—the long gold ear-rings, those indispensables of their toilette—the black velvet boddice, showing the figure to such advantage, laced with gold and coloured silks—the full petticoat—the apron trimmed with gay ribands; all put on so neatly, and with such a fine taste for harmony of colouring.

The amateur sleuths of the Donovan committee, many of them former socialite appeasers from the state department, follow the same practices as the superdicks in the Army and Navy.