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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1094ba,86e8c626be2471ae X-Google-Attributes: gid1094ba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,fc050a66c3b5d87d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "James Giles" Subject: Re: F9X twister & ADA (was: n-dim'l vectors) Date: 2000/04/09 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 608828149 References: <8cctts$ujr$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <38EA0440.1ECBC158@ncep.noaa.gov> <38ED4ECA.ADB698C9@sdynamix.com> <38EF6B75.DD12DD25@att.net> <38EFC508.34D2CD9A@acenet.com.au> <38F0D0B0.A5F9425@att.net> <8cqle7$p36$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <38f0e21a.3471088671@netnews.worldnet.att.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3612.1700 X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldnet.att.net X-Trace: bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 955312629 12.74.2.38 (Sun, 09 Apr 2000 20:37:09 GMT) Organization: AT&T Worldnet NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 20:37:09 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-04-09T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Gordon Sande wrote in message <38f0e21a.3471088671@netnews.worldnet.att.net>... ... >Supposed Army/etc acronyms. Certainly WWII or earlier. > >FUBAR - Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition > (use your own favorite F*** word! > This is a family oriented newsgroup. ;-) ) > >It's FUBAR! A general description of disorder, etc. > >FIGMO - Forget it, I Got My Orders > (usually accompanied by a glassy look in the eyes > and a general disinterest in the immediate situation) > >Don't bother asking him, he's FIGMO! (Modern equiv - He just got >an offer to be CEO of a dot-com etc.) Similarly, SNAFU - Situation Normal: All Fouled Up. (use your own favorite F*** word! This is a family oriented newsgroup. ;-) ) -- J. Giles