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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) letters (...) but (...) This calls for something I like so much, I keep it in my wallet: ACRONYM: A Contrived Reduction Of Nomenclature Yielding Mnemonics Frank (25 years ago, 18-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Good thing I already have my shillelagh(1) out... *whap!* Bad Pun!! :) Jeff [FUPs to .o-t.pun] 1 - check offtopic.fun (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) Neither diesel nor ohm are acronyms. Both are words formed from the inventor's or discoverer's name. So while an interesting point, it's not germane. (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Huh? What? Oh, you mean "what happens when you forget to set the 'Allow All Uppercase Names' option". I'm with you now. Steve (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) [long snip] (...) Hey, leave his winkie out of this. This is a family forum. ;-) XFUT .ot.fun (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Frank: (...) You mean things like insisting that a file you name "LEGO" has to be called "Lego"? Maybe we should as TLC to sue MS for trademark infringement. :-) Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL: (URL) > -- (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I'll never forget the day my Intro Calc prof was talking about capitalization and adjectives. He said, "The highest recognition -- the highest honor -- we can get as mathemeticians is a hundred years after we die, to have our name written in (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Cool, I will probably look into it. (...) I'm bummed right now because I can't run at more than 1280x1024 at 75Hz, not because my video cards or monitor won't do it, but because the Sybex 4-port switchbox I use doesn't handle anything higher (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I think so, until they cross over into regular noun "worddom", cf. scuba, radar. Words like "diesel" or "ohm" are no longer capped when impersonally used. Much in the same way, I've noticed that many hyphenated terms gradually lose their (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) But you see on their website that balug is a linux user group. Alan (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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