1. [OFF] Acronyms
- Posted by Andy Kurnia <akur at DELOS.COM> Jun 08, 1998
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I wrote: >... it's for BASIC* (Bill's Attempt to Seize Industry Control)? but I forgot to explain the *. Sorry. * I know BASIC stands for Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. Here are some acronyms I get from a mailing list I subscribed to on November 16, 1996: PCMCIA People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms ISDN It Still Does Nothing APPLE Arrogance Produces Profit-Losing Entity SCSI System Can't See It DOS Defunct 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
2. Re: [OFF] Acronyms
- Posted by Robert B Pilkington <bpilkington at JUNO.COM> Jun 08, 1998
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>IBM I Blame Microsoft What about "Inferior But Marketable"? :) Searching through my tagline files, I found: RAM Rarely Adequate Memory COBOL: Completely Obnoxious Because Of Length COBOL: Completely Obsolete Boring Old Language MODEM: Monumentally Overpriced Data Eating Machine I have plenty more too... But those are the last of the acronyms. _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
3. Re: [OFF] Acronyms
- Posted by "Wallace B. Riley" <wryly at MINDSPRING.COM> Jun 08, 1998
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At 06:14 PM 6/8/98 +0700, you wrote: >I wrote: >>... it's for BASIC* (Bill's Attempt to Seize Industry Control)? > >but I forgot to explain the *. Sorry. > >* I know BASIC stands for Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. > >Here are some acronyms I get from a mailing list I subscribed to on >November 16, 1996: > >PCMCIA People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms >ISDN It Still Does Nothing >APPLE Arrogance Produces Profit-Losing Entity >SCSI System Can't See It >DOS Defunct 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 > Good list, but you got one wrong. IBM means Itsy Bitsy Morons. Wally Riley wryly at mindspring.com