On Friday, March 25, 2011 01:10:50 PM Roland Jollivet did opine: > My apologies. I do agree, and is actually a pet gripe on many technical > documents littered with acronyms. But when mails on this forum are > littered with stuff like; > #<t-wid+> = [[#<_t-len>] * 0.50000] one assumes MPG (Manual Pulse > Generator) is understood. It's mentioned at least once a week. > > Regards > Roland
Hey, that wasn't littering, it was a legit question I thought. ;) Besides, I needed a fudge factor so it would start bigger than the end of the stick and cut a clean tenon with the side of the bit, so the math got a wee bit more complex than that, but I cut the first 4 yesterday, but not without contending with both bit and collete run out. It turned out the mortises I dug were also tapered, getting tighter at the bottom, but I've a decent fit for gluing anyway. > On 25 March 2011 18:03, Kirk Wallace <kwall...@wallacecompany.com> wrote: > > On Fri, 2011-03-25 at 15:34 +0100, Peter Blodow wrote: > > > If I only knew what a MPG is - in Germany it means Max Planck > > > Gesellschaft which is one of the world's best research institutes... > > > Peter Blodow > > > > It used to be good form to append the fully worded term to the acronym > > with the first use of each acronym in a document, such as: "I like > > knobs on my MPG (Manual Pulse Generator) as many commercial MPG's > > have". It's a little more work, but it comes down to whether one > > wants to be understood by the intended audience or not. > > -- > > Kirk Wallace > > http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ > > http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html > > California, USA -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) <http://tinyurl.com/ddg5bz> <http://www.cantrip.org/gatto.html> Sorry. Nice try. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
