Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 10:17:48 +0100 From: Scott Mitchell <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> To: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> Cc: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>, shmit@kublai.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Abbreviation (was: Re: Compelling reason for SCSI device name change) Message-ID: <19980930101748.K4468@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <3611F866.A98A76CE@uk.radan.com>; from Mark Ovens on Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 10:22:46AM %2B0100 References: <199809290516.XAA16815@narnia.plutotech.com> <199809290550.WAA20551@usr08.primenet.com> <19980929181822.T15172@freebie.lemis.com> <19980929110658.C307@kublai.com> <19980930104506.29997@follo.net> <19980930094605.I4468@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> <3611F866.A98A76CE@uk.radan.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 10:22:46AM +0100, Mark Ovens wrote:
> Scott Mitchell wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 10:45:06AM +0200, Eivind Eklund wrote:
> > > On Tue, Sep 29, 1998 at 11:06:58AM -0400, Brian Cully wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Sep 29, 1998 at 06:18:22PM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote:
> > > > > OK, let's try again, since Jordan obviously wasn't able to guess what
> > > > > your question means.
> > > >
> > > > ITYM Justin, HTH, HAND.
> > >
> > > I see this set of abbreviations with some regularity, but have not yet
> > > seen an explanation. Have you got one for me? Thanks!
> > >
> > > Eivind.
> >
> > AFAIK,
> >
> > ITYM = I Think You Mean
> > HTH = Hope {This,That} Helps
> > HAND = Have A Nice Day
> >
>
> OK, since we're on the subject of abbreviations, what about NIH?
Not Invented Here.
>
> > I probably have to kill you now that I've told you this ;)
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Scott.
> >
> > --
> > ===========================================================================
> > Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID |"If I can't have my coffee, I'm just
> > <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> | 0x54B171B9 | like a dried up piece of roast goat"
> > QMW College, London, UK | 0xAA775B8B | -- J. S. Bach.
> >
> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
> > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
>
> --
> When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.
>
> Mark Ovens, CNC Applications Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd
> Sheet Metal CAD/CAM Solutions
> mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com
--
===========================================================================
Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID |"If I can't have my coffee, I'm just
<scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> | 0x54B171B9 | like a dried up piece of roast goat"
QMW College, London, UK | 0xAA775B8B | -- J. S. Bach.
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?19980930101748.K4468>