1. hello, anyone out there?!
- Posted by Kasey <kaeyb at GEOCITIES.COM> May 10, 1998
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Just curious, has there really been no messages to the listserve in about 24hours, or is there a s.n.a.f.u. somewhere? Kasey kaseyb at geocities.com
2. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
- Posted by Daniel Berstein <daber at PAIR.COM> May 10, 1998
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>Just curious, has there really been no messages to the listserve >in about 24hours, or is there a s.n.a.f.u. somewhere? Well, I'm here... at least ;) I have a question, can someone explain to us, non-english native speakers, all those acronyms (hope is right that word) you usually use? It took me about 1 year to get that SOHO meant Small Office Home Office. I'm still caught by IMHO. Regards, Daniel Berstein daber at pair.com
3. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
- Posted by Jiri Babor <jbabor at PARADISE.NET.NZ> May 10, 1998
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In My Humble Opinion (my guess) Jiri -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Berstein <daber at PAIR.COM> To: Multiple recipients of list EUPHORIA <EUPHORIA at MIAMIU.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU> Date: Sunday, 10 May 1998 19:38 Subject: Re: hello, anyone out there?! >>Just curious, has there really been no messages to the listserve >>in about 24hours, or is there a s.n.a.f.u. somewhere? > > >Well, I'm here... at least ;) > >I have a question, can someone explain to us, non-english native speakers, >all those acronyms (hope is right that word) you usually use? It took me >about 1 year to get that SOHO meant Small Office Home Office. I'm still >caught by IMHO. > >Regards, > Daniel Berstein > daber at pair.com >
4. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
- Posted by Humberto Yeverino <humberto at ENGR.CSUFRESNO.EDU> May 10, 1998
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On Sun, 10 May 1998, Jiri Babor wrote: > In My Humble Opinion (my guess) Jiri yeah that's it. > >I have a question, can someone explain to us, non-english native speakers, > >all those acronyms (hope is right that word) you usually use? It took me > >about 1 year to get that SOHO meant Small Office Home Office. I'm still > >caught by IMHO. I only know a couple. I'm not into chat but you can learn them by chatting. One of the few times that I was chatting LOL was used a lot. -Humberto Yeverino Jr. "I kick ass for the Lord." http://www.engr.csufresno.edu/~humberto/Home.html humberto at engr.csufresno.edu <font size=3>For browsers:<br> <a href="http://www.engr.csufresno.edu/~humberto/Home.html"> Have a look.</a></font><br>
5. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
- Posted by Jeffrey Caldwell <theril at AMERITECH.NET> May 10, 1998
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> I have a question, can someone explain to us, non-english native speakers, > all those acronyms (hope is right that word) you usually use? It took me > about 1 year to get that SOHO meant Small Office Home Office. I'm still > caught by IMHO. Whoever said "In my humble opinion" is right LOL is lots of laughs or laughing out loud Ummm... ROFL is rolling on (the) floor laughing If you can use the web (most likely :) ... take a look around... ... do a search for acronyms ... there's probably a couple big lists you can browse through :)
6. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
- Posted by Robert B Pilkington <bpilkington at JUNO.COM> May 10, 1998
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On Sun, 10 May 1998 03:27:35 -0300 Daniel Berstein <daber at PAIR.COM> writes: >>Just curious, has there really been no messages to the listserve >>in about 24hours, or is there a s.n.a.f.u. somewhere? > > >Well, I'm here... at least ;) Seems like Saturdays get the least amount of mail. >I have a question, can someone explain to us, non-english native >speakers, all those acronyms (hope is right that word) you usually >use? It took me about 1 year to get that SOHO meant Small Office >Home Office. I'm still caught by IMHO. Common acronyms I've seen: IMO/IMHO In my opinion / In my humble/honest opinion ROTFL Rolling on the floor laughing LOL Laughing out loud ROTFLMOL Rolling on the floor laughing madly out loud RTFM Read the friendly manual (Other words can be used for "friendly") TTYL Talk to you later PMJI Pardon my jumping in BTW By the way AFAIK As far as I know IIRC If I recall correctly ASAP As soon as possible COBOL Completely Obsolete Boring Old Language (Okay, this was a joke I read... ;) Well, those are all I can think of right now. If you don't like all the acronyms, contact AAAAA. (American Association Against Acronym Abuse.) Their motto, "Down with TLAs!" (Three letter acronyms) Okay, that was two jokes I had put into one.... I'll be quiet now. :) _____________________________________________________________________ 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]
7. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
- Posted by Daniel Berstein <daber at PAIR.COM> May 10, 1998
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>In My Humble Opinion (my guess) Jiri In spanish it would be EMHO, En Mi Humilde Opinion (literal translation). Regards, Daniel Berstein daber at pair.com
8. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
- Posted by Daniel Berstein <daber at PAIR.COM> May 10, 1998
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-----Original Message----- De: Robert B Pilkington <bpilkington at JUNO.COM> Para: Multiple recipients of list EUPHORIA <EUPHORIA at MIAMIU.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU> Fecha: domingo 10 de mayo de 1998 17:17 Asunto: Re: hello, anyone out there?! >Common acronyms I've seen: > >IMO/IMHO In my opinion / In my humble/honest opinion >ROTFL Rolling on the floor laughing >LOL Laughing out loud >ROTFLMOL Rolling on the floor laughing madly out loud >RTFM Read the friendly manual (Other words can be used for >"friendly") >TTYL Talk to you later >PMJI Pardon my jumping in >BTW By the way >AFAIK As far as I know >IIRC If I recall correctly >ASAP As soon as possible >COBOL Completely Obsolete Boring Old Language (Okay, this was a >joke I read... ;) > >Well, those are all I can think of right now. > >If you don't like all the acronyms, contact AAAAA. (American Association >Against Acronym Abuse.) Their motto, "Down with TLAs!" (Three letter >acronyms) > >Okay, that was two jokes I had put into one.... I'll be quiet now. :) Thanks Robert. BTW IMHO I really LOL with your jokes. Do you have AAAAA URL? Regards, Daniel Berstein <--- not berNstein daber at pair.com
9. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
- Posted by Kasey <kaeyb at GEOCITIES.COM> May 10, 1998
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Daniel Berstein wrote: > > >Just curious, has there really been no messages to the listserve > >in about 24hours, or is there a s.n.a.f.u. somewhere? > > Well, I'm here... at least ;) > > I have a question, can someone explain to us, non-english native speakers, > all those acronyms (hope is right that word) you usually use? It took me > about 1 year to get that SOHO meant Small Office Home Office. I'm still > caught by IMHO. > > Regards, > Daniel Berstein > daber at pair.com They already answered IMHO. but in case your currious snafu = situation normal, all f*(&ed up. fubar = F***'ed up beyond all recognition. couple of my favorites (wich is good seing how often i find myself having use for them. :) Kasey kaseyb at geocities.com
10. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
- Posted by Greg Harris <blackdog at CDC.NET> May 10, 1998
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-----Original Message----- From: Kasey <kaeyb at GEOCITIES.COM> Subject: Re: hello, anyone out there?! >fubar = F***'ed up beyond all recognition. Also: F***'ed up beyond all repair :) (Like when Windows crashes because of a bad disk sector :( Greg Harris
11. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
- Posted by JesusC - Jesus Consuegra <jconsuegra at REDESTB.ES> May 11, 1998
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Not so sure.... In Spain's Spanish we would say EMMO, "En mi modesta opinisn"... Regards. Jesus. -----Mensaje original----- De: Daniel Berstein <daber at PAIR.COM> Para: Multiple recipients of list EUPHORIA <EUPHORIA at MIAMIU.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU> Fecha: domingo 10 de mayo de 1998 21:33 Asunto: Re: hello, anyone out there?! >>In My Humble Opinion (my guess) Jiri > > >In spanish it would be EMHO, En Mi Humilde Opinion (literal translation). > >Regards, > Daniel Berstein > daber at pair.com
12. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
- Posted by Robert B Pilkington <bpilkington at JUNO.COM> May 10, 1998
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- Last edited May 11, 1998
> They already answered IMHO. but in case your currious >snafu = situation normal, all f*(&ed up. >fubar = F***'ed up beyond all recognition. > >couple of my favorites (wich is good seing how often i find myself >having use for them. :) Oh, yeah.. I forgot FUBAR.... I just remembered: FUD Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt BRB Be Right Back FYI For Your Information BTW, does anybody know where "foobar" came from? It's always used in programming examples ("foo" and "bar"), and I hear it came from FUBAR, but I don't know how the U turned into OO. (I also heard the 'F' as "fouled", instead of umm, you know... Makes the discussions uncensored. :) _____________________________________________________________________ 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]
13. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
- Posted by Daniel Berstein <daber at PAIR.COM> May 11, 1998
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>BTW, does anybody know where "foobar" came from? It's always used in >programming examples ("foo" and "bar"), and I hear it came from FUBAR, >but I don't know how the U turned into OO. (I also heard the 'F' as IMHO OO <-- Object Oriented. K&R used fubar, Strous.. (whatever is he's name) used foobar. RTA, DB (Regards To All, Daniel Berstein) daber at pair.com
14. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
- Posted by Karlheinz Nester <Karlheinz_Nester at COMPUSERVE.COM> May 11, 1998
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FOO ??? I just checked Microsoft's Compurt Dictionary: foo. A string used by programmers in place of more specific information. Variables or functions in code examples intended to demonstrate syntax, as well as temporary scratch files,may all appear with the name "foo". Likewise,a programmer may type "foo" to test a string input handler. If a second placeholder string is needed,it will often be "bar",suggestin= g that the origin of both is the U.S. Army phrase FUBAR (an acronym which, in discrete language, represent Fouled Up Beyond All Rrecognition/Repair)= =2E However,other origins have been claimed. Now I'm "euphoric" to know if there are more explanations ! Karlheinz
15. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
- Posted by "Wallace B. Riley" <wryly at MINDSPRING.COM> May 11, 1998
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>Whoever said "In my humble opinion" is right >LOL is lots of laughs or laughing out loud >Ummm... ROFL is rolling on (the) floor laughing > I always thought LOL meant "Little Old Lady". Do any of them read the Listserv or use Euphoria? Wally Riley wryly at mindspring.com
16. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
- Posted by Arthur Adamson <euclid at ISOC.NET> May 11, 1998
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- Last edited May 12, 1998
>I always thought LOL meant "Little Old Lady". Do any of them read the >Listserv or use Euphoria? And STLOL is Sharp Tongued Little Old Ladies...of which we have a lot in my neighborhood....mostly bridge players. Arthur P. Adamson, The Engine Man, euclid at isoc.net