Re: [Very OT] What [OT] stands for?

2002-12-11 Thread Rob Weir
On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 10:06:33PM +0100, Oliver Fuchs wrote: That is also a goody ... I thought F stands for the f-word and y ... I do not know ... are children here on the list? Yeah, we are. -rob msg18396/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [Very OT] What [OT] stands for?

2002-12-11 Thread D.
--- Rob Weir [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 10:06:33PM +0100, Oliver Fuchs wrote: That is also a goody ... I thought F stands for the f-word and y ... I do not know ... are children here on the list? Yeah, we are. -rob BTW as a check of the kids today, I ask my 13

Re: [Very OT] What [OT] stands for?

2002-12-11 Thread Oliver Fuchs
On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, D. wrote: BTW as a check of the kids today, I ask my 13 year old daughter what word started with f and ended with uck. You know her response was and when I told her the answer was firetruck she was shocked. Don Now she knows that f...ck is only the abbreviation

Re: What [OT] stands for?

2002-12-10 Thread Jörg Johannes
Yeah, sure it is on tablets ... uauauauah. That was the best thing I have read here. Any suggestions for FYI? Or RTFM? apt-get install bsdgames wtf rtfm hth j -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: What [OT] stands for?

2002-12-10 Thread Michael D. Crawford
Either Ornithology or Ornithologist, depending on the context. It means the study of birds. Bird scientists are very active online. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: What [OT] stands for?

2002-12-10 Thread Gene
and i thought it stand for [O]ral [T]herapy :) Michael D. Crawford wrote: Either Ornithology or Ornithologist, depending on the context. It means the study of birds. Bird scientists are very active online. Mike -- Gene Yoo, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: What [OT] stands for?

2002-12-10 Thread Pigeon
On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 08:51:37PM +0100, Oliver Fuchs wrote: On Mon, 09 Dec 2002, hiranokazunari wrote: Thanks everybody! Now I understand OT generally means Off Topic. I thought it was on tap, on target, on television, on telephone, on tenterhooks, on term, or on tablets:)

Re: What [OT] stands for?

2002-12-09 Thread hiranokazunari
what [OT] stands for, which I often see in the message title box for this mailing list? Thanks. Nari Olé Torvalds Optical Transister Orthoganal Translation Obtuse Tangent (if there was ever a term for some newsgroups and mailing lists, that one could apply *too often*) Ottawa Transit Off

Re: What [OT] stands for?

2002-12-09 Thread Oliver Fuchs
On Mon, 09 Dec 2002, hiranokazunari wrote: Thanks everybody! Now I understand OT generally means Off Topic. I thought it was on tap, on target, on television, on telephone, on tenterhooks, on term, or on tablets:) Yeah, sure it is on tablets ... uauauauah. That was the best thing I have

Re: [Very OT] What [OT] stands for?

2002-12-09 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 13:51, Oliver Fuchs wrote: On Mon, 09 Dec 2002, hiranokazunari wrote: Thanks everybody! Now I understand OT generally means Off Topic. I thought it was on tap, on target, on television, on telephone, on tenterhooks, on term, or on tablets:) Yeah, sure it is

Re: [Very OT] What [OT] stands for?

2002-12-09 Thread Oliver Fuchs
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Re: RE:Re: [Very OT] What [OT] stands for?

2002-12-09 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 15:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: whats IMHO then? IMHO - Inhalation of a Multi-leafed Herbal Opiate ;) -Alex signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [Very OT] What [OT] stands for?

2002-12-09 Thread sean finney
hey guys, on a somewhat related unrelated note, just as much Obtusely Tangential... # apt-get install bsdgames rtfm wtf :) aybabtu sean msg17966/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [Very OT] What [OT] stands for?

2002-12-09 Thread Oliver Fuchs
On Mon, 09 Dec 2002, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 16:06, Oliver Fuchs wrote: That is also a goody ... I thought F stands for the f-word and y ... I do not know ... are children here on the list? f-word? Firetruck? g/Firetruck/s/iretr//g Oliver o.t -- ... don't touch the

What [OT] stands for?

2002-12-08 Thread hiranokazunari
Hi folks, (B (BCan anyone tell me what [OT] stands for, which I often see in the (Bmessage title box for this mailing list? (B (BThanks. (B (BNari (B (B (B (B-- (BTo UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bwith a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: What [OT] stands for?

2002-12-08 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 03:20:01PM +0900, hiranokazunari wrote: Hi folks, Can anyone tell me what [OT] stands for, which I often see in the message title box for this mailing list? group, correct me if i am wrong. it stands for off topic. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh

Re: What [OT] stands for?

2002-12-08 Thread Leo Spalteholz
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Re: What [OT] stands for?

2002-12-08 Thread Gerald Livingston
On Mon, 09 Dec 2002 15:20:01 +0900 hiranokazunari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, Can anyone tell me what [OT] stands for, which I often see in the message title box for this mailing list? Thanks. Nari [O]ff [T]opic -- Configure your Email to send TEXT ONLY -- See the following