Please. Don't confuse them now. :-) rhalsey007 wrote:
> Hey James, > > The one phrase that I have not seen used yet (by the PC crowd) is DILLIGAFF. > Maybe it takes too much energy to speak it PC-like. > > Bubba (dee Rules Katt) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James C. Owen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 1:13 PM > Subject: Re: JESS: Foo bar, FUBAR, and the problems of etymology > > > Finally an Ex-GI jumps in. I've been watching in wonderment at the more > "modern" > > explanations. :-) It seems that the more PC Programmers couldn't abide > using > > FUBAR, nor FU BAR so they did the "correct" thing and changed it to Foo > Bar, > > which makes no sense whatsoever. Just as a side note, when I was overseas > > working on NASA Radar, our maintenance depot had a "huge" sign inside that > read, > > "Malfunction Junction" and directly underneath was the acronym FUBAR. > Techies > > are weird. GI's are weird. Techie GI's are the weirdest of all. :-) > > > > There was a "take-off" on FUBAR in the movie "Blue Thunder" where the > Observer > > was given a cap with JAFO on it and couldn't figure out what JAFO meant. > > > > Technophilia meaning "love of technical (things)" has nothing to do with > Ozzie > > Ozburne nor with Side Shows at the county fair. > > > > "R.B. Trelease, Ph.D." wrote: > > > > > ;-} > > > > > > Fouled up my @sp! > > > > > > My time with the military surely demonstrated that FUBAR = "f#cked up > beyond > > > all recognition". > > > > > > A concept freqyently well-applied to etymological reconstruction when > the > > > originator of a neologism cannot be definitively consulted.... > > > > > > Anyone want to have a go at the sematic relationships between > technophilia and > > > biting the heads of off chickens at a sideshow? > > > > > > ;-} ;-P > > > > > > Cheers! > > > > > > Bob T. > > > > > > >Hello, > > > > > > > >Probably it's something every native English speaker knows, but as a > > > >Dutchman I'm wondering for some time already what 'foo bar' stands for. > > > >These words are not only used in the Jess manual but also in other > documents > > > >about programming. I looked in my (not so good) dictionary and with > Google, > > > >but failed to find anything. So my question is, what do these words > mean? > > > > > > > >Bye, > > > >Sander > > > > > > > > > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > > >in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list > > > >(use your own address!) List problems? Notify > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > -- > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > > in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list > > > (use your own address!) List problems? Notify > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- > > SDG > > jco > > > > --------------------------------- > > James C. Owen > > Senior KE > > Knowledgebased Systems Corporation > > 6314 Kelly Circle > > Garland, TX 75044 > > 972.530.2895 > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list > > (use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' > in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list > (use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- SDG jco --------------------------------- James C. Owen Senior KE Knowledgebased Systems Corporation 6314 Kelly Circle Garland, TX 75044 972.530.2895 -------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list (use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
