From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ad19,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ad19,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 11440e,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid11440e,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-07 15:20:13 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!lnewspeer00.lnd.ops.eu.uu.net!lnewspost00.lnd.ops.eu.uu.net!emea.uu.net!not-for-mail From: Jon Skeet Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.clarion,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml Subject: Re: Long names are doom ? Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 23:20:04 +0100 Message-ID: References: <9f8b7b$h0e$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9f8r0i$lu3$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9fgagu$6ae$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9fjgha$blf$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <35mqhtkdfma2rggv1htcaq6vfn2ihs67a1@4ax.com> <9fli1b$4aa$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3b1f6754$6$fuzhry$mr2ice@va.news.verio.net> Organization: Peramon Technology Ltd. X-Newsreader: MicroPlanet Gravity v2.30 NNTP-Posting-Host: fw.peramon.com X-Trace: 991952405 reading.news.pipex.net 15023 193.132.195.125 X-Complaints-To: abuse@uk.uu.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ruby:10467 comp.lang.ada:8361 comp.lang.awk:2863 comp.lang.clarion:21364 comp.lang.java.programmer:74533 comp.lang.pl1:870 comp.lang.vrml:3610 Date: 2001-06-07T23:20:04+01:00 List-Id: Roedy Green wrote: > On Thu, 07 Jun 2001 07:36:52 -0400, "Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz" > wrote or quoted : > > >FSVO faster. > FSVO? "For suitable values of", I believe. One of the more bizarre abbreviations I used to see on ucam.chat was TMBSNMOTW OWIWNPA, which stood for: "This must be some new meaning of the word of which I was not previously aware." (The source for this, of course, is The Hitch-hikers' Guide To The Galaxy, where there is an exchange that runs something like: Arthur: Where are we? Ford: We're safe. Arthur: Where, exactly? Ford: We're on a ship in the Vogon constructor fleet. Arthur: Ah, I see. This must be some new meaning of the word "safe" of which I was not previously aware. In fact, I believe the book has a slightly different way of putting it from the above, but the misquote has become reasonably widely known :) -- Jon Skeet - http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/ If replying to the group, please do not mail me too