I have been told that in German IBM stands for Ich Bin Muede, which means I am tired.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tanner Lovelace Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 1:29 PM To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list Subject: Re: [TriLUG] OT: Computer Product Brand Names... I happened to stumble upon the Jargon file entry for IBM today which lists the following interpretations of IBM: (http://www.jargon.net/jargonfile/i/IBM.html ) Inferior But Marketable It's Better Manually Insidious Black Magic It's Been Malfunctioning Incontinent Bowel Movement :-) Of course, the Jargon File seems a bit out of date on some things... Cheers, Tanner On 12/9/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I Be Messedup > > Itty Bitty Minds - (got this from a former IBMer) > > Ron Young > (M) 919-621-9015 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: David McDowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Friday, December 9, 2005 9:22 am > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] OT: Computer Product Brand Names... > > > Incredibly Big Mistake > > > > On 12/8/05, Jim Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > of course, there were the days when IBM stood for "I've Been > > Moved" as many > > > of the people who were migrated to the triangle know. > > > > > > On 12/8/05, Kevin Flanagan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > If you talk to many of the old school IBMers, they call the > > harddrive in > > > > a PC a "hard file". > > > > > > > > Tanner Lovelace wrote: > > > > > On 12/7/05, Israel J Pattison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> The conversation about TRS-80 and PS/2, I had to point out > > that the > > > > computer > > > > >> industry seems plagued by brand names that are easily > > parodied. I > > > > wonder > > > > >> why these companies don't think about the nicknames their > > products will > > > > >> acquire once they reach the end user. Here are a few I can > > think of: > > > > >> > > > > >> DB/2, PS/2, OS/2: Half a {computer, database, operating > > system}> > >> PS/2: Piece of Snot/2 > > > > >> TRS-80: Trash-80 > > > > >> Thinkpad: Stinkpad > > > > >> Intellistation: Repellistation > > > > >> Aptiva: Craptiva > > > > >> Logitech: Logiwreck > > > > >> > > > > >> Can you think of others? > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > IBM Harddrives? > > > > > > > > > > Deskstar: Deathstar (because it killed your data?) > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > Tanner > > > > > -- > > > > > Tanner Lovelace > > > > > clubjuggler at gmail dot com > > > > > http://wtl.wayfarer.org/ > > > > > (fieldless) In fess two roundels in pale, a billet fesswise > > and an > > > > > increscent, all sable. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > TriLUG mailing list : > > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug> > TriLUG > > Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : > > http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/> > > > > -- > > > TriLUG mailing list : > > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug> TriLUG > > Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : > > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilugTriLUG Organizational > > FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- Tanner Lovelace clubjuggler at gmail dot com http://wtl.wayfarer.org/ (fieldless) In fess two roundels in pale, a billet fesswise and an increscent, all sable. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
