On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 10:56:49AM +0000, Tom???? Bod????r wrote: > Op 27 sep. 2012 om 22:51 heeft Grumpy <[email protected]> het > volgende > geschreven: > > >> For starters, what is SSI? As many TLAs go, it can mean multiple > >> things. I won't try to guess what you want. > > > > Obviously, SSI is a recursive acronym for ``SSI Shrinks Information''. > > I am surprised a CS veteran like you doesn't know this. > > > > Grumpy > > Veteran, yes. But as you know, the set of aquired acronyms depends much upon > environment. I once had a meeting (fresh from university) with some IBM > engineers on the subject of the introduction of the first RS/6000 models in > .nl. I still feel the sense of alienation, not knowing what a DASD was. I > was > guessing it was some very special storage device, but in the end it just > meant > "direct access storage device": just a disk. > > FYI = For Your Information > FYI = Fuck You Idiot > > Very useful distinction in corporate wide forwarding :-) > > > Maybe this wil trigger an EOG (end of grumpiness :-) > > -Otto >
Try walking into a meeting with doctors as the 'network guy' and spending a half hour thinking they are complete idiots because of what they are saying about POE. Which of course meant "Power over Ethernet" to me and "Physician Order Entry" to them. .... Ken
