[ql-users] OFF TOPIC - The True Meaning of Acronyms
In article <006901c12ed7$c54e1680$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, P Witte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >> Hmmm, the price of your QLToady subscription has just doubled ;-) > >Joker, Obstreperous Nerd, Editor Supreme! > >Per >(Please Excuse Repetitions/Rudeness) >(Plugging Endless Rubbish?) Umm ... I was thinking that I guess we all deserve an acronym on this list :-) I always thought of you as - Possessing Expert Rigour And for Norman - who I believe started this, how about ... Normally On-topic Revealer Machine-code And Nonsense -- Malcolm Cadman
Re: [ql-users] OFF TOPIC - The True Meaning of Acronyms
> Hmmm, the price of your QLToady subscription has just doubled ;-) Joker, Obstreperous Nerd, Editor Supreme! Per (Please Excuse Repetitions/Rudeness) (Plugging Endless Rubbish?)
Re: [ql-users] OFF TOPIC - The True Meaning of Acronyms
>PCMCIA - People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms >ISDN - It Still Does Nothing No - It Sends Digital Nonsense (or Digital Nothing when it don't work) >DOS - Defective Operating System The D can stand for many a less than flattering adjective. MSDOS is usually MessyDos or Mostly Stupid and Daft Operating System >Now, lets have some meanings for : > >QDOS Quick and Dirty Operating System Quaint Disk Operating System >SINCLAIR Still It's Not Complete, Late And Is R (Leave the R blank for mulititudes of possibilities...) >JONES (Jan or Dilwyn) Oh Oh... -- Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html
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Per Witte wrote: >> QDOS > >Quirky, dubious, obsolete system >Quite Decidedly Os Supreme! Apart from SMSQ/E... >> JONES (Jan or Dilwyn) Oh oh, here we go... > >Jan's Outstanding Notes Explain Superbasic Not bad... >Jovial On-line Nerd Exuding Sincerity (Devil Is Living in Wales, You >(k)Now) Hmmm, the price of your QLToady subscription has just doubled ;-) So has Norman Dunbar's for starting all this! -- Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html
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> QDOS Quirky, dubious, obsolete system Quite Decidedly Os Supreme! > SMSQ/E Some Modifications for Serious QLs/Emulators Scant Modifications, Some Queer Extensions Sad, Masochistic Suckers Queue 'Ere > QL QL Lives! > SINCLAIR Singular Individual Nationally Celebrated Largely on Account of Invention and Research > CLIVE > TONY > TEBBY Top Echelon Binary Bashing Yuppie > JONES (Jan or Dilwyn) Jan's Outstanding Notes Explain Superbasic Jovial On-line Nerd Exuding Sincerity (Devil Is Living in Wales, You (k)Now) QUANTA Queer Users And Nerds Tell All QL Users Are NT-Aversionists QL Users Are Now Terrifically Advanced Per
Re: [ql-users] OFF TOPIC - The True Meaning of Acronyms
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Norman Dunbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >I quite like these and thought I would share them - seeing as it is a bit >quiet these days - we need another argument on the list. I thought I put all of these into Byts of Wood a while ago but I may take up your challenge on the others after the weekend. -- Roy Wood Q Branch 20 Locks Hill, Portslade, Sussex BN41 2LB Tel : +44(0)1273-386030 / Mobile : +44 (0) 7836-745501 Fax +44 (0)1273-381577 web site : http://www.qbranch.demon.co.uk/
[ql-users] OFF TOPIC - The True Meaning of Acronyms
I quite like these and thought I would share them - seeing as it is a bit quiet these days - we need another argument on the list. REPeat Argument NoWeDont YesWeDo END REPeat Argument PCMCIA - People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms ISDN - It Still Does Nothing SCSI - System Can't See It DOS - Defective Operating System BASIC - Bill's Attempt to Seize Industry Control IBM - I Blame Microsoft DEC - Do Expect Cuts CD-ROM - Consumer Device, Rendered Obsolete in Months OS/2 - Obsolete Soon, Too. WWW - World Wide Wait MACINTOSH - Most Applications Crash; If Not, The Operating System Hangs PENTIUM - Produces Erroneous Numbers Thru Incorrect Understanding of Mathematics COBOL - Completely Obsolete Business Oriented Language AMIGA - A Merely Insignificant Game Addiction LISP - Lots of Infuriating & Silly Parenthesis MIPS - Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed WINDOWS - Will Install Needless Data On Whole System MICROSOFT - Most Intelligent Customers Realize Our Software Only Fools Teenagers RISC - Reduced Into Silly Code" Norman. Now, lets have some meanings for : QDOS SMSQ/E QL SINCLAIR CLIVE TONY TEBBY JONES (Jan or Dilwyn) And see what we can come up with - I'm no good with words myself. Norman Dunbar EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Database/Unix administrator Phone: 0113 289 6265 Lynx Financial Systems Ltd. Fax:0113 201 7265 URL:http://www.LynxFinancialSystems.com
