I've heard of a "stiffy", but it has nothing to do with computers or any type of storage media.
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 1:23 AM, Martin Vlietstra <[email protected]>wrote: > I agree with Pat – possibly local jargon. In a similar way, the South > Africans call a 3.5” (oops sorry a 90mm) disk a “stiffy” since its larger > cousin which was in a flexible rather than a rigid case was a floppy > [disk]. Has anybody else heard this slang, or is it peculiar to South > Africa? > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Pat Naughtin > *Sent:* 13 April 2009 04:47 > *To:* U.S. Metric Association > *Subject:* [USMA:44641] Re: FPLA 2010 > > > > On 2009/04/13, at 1:04 PM, Michael Payne wrote: > > > > I remember seeing in South African newspapers a mention on cumsecs which > are m3/s. This in relation to the flow of water over a dam wall or down a > river. > > Michael Payne > > > > Dear Mike, > > > > This is probably a jargon word adapted from cusec, which was a made up word > in the water community for cubic foot per second. The word, cusec, was used > in Australia for irrigation purposes. The word you quote, cumsec, looks like > it might be a cusec with an added m in the middle. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Pat Naughtin > > > > PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, > > Geelong, Australia > > Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 > > > > Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped > thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric > system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands > each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat > provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and > professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in > Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian > Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the > UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com > <http://www.metricationmatters.com/>for > more metrication information, contact Pat at > [email protected] or to get the free '*Metrication > matters*' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to > subscribe. > > >
