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Who should be first up against the wall?

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  • S Slow Eddie

    I refuse to understand this on philosophical grounds.. ;P

    Help stamp out acronyms!

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    Y? U h8 txtspk?

    Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
    "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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    • L Lost User

      People who post messages about Global Warming here. People who post messages saying, "my program does not work, please give me a solution". People who forget to post the CCC. Anyone else who irritates me.

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      I was safe until I got to the last item in your list.

      ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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      • S Slow Eddie

        People that use acronyms because they are too lazy to type out the full words.

        Help stamp out acronyms.

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        DRHuff
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        WTF - you hate LAUs? Its just a harmless TLA. TTYL.

        Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. (Glenn Reynolds)

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        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

          Y? U h8 txtspk?

          Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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          Slow Eddie
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          I GUESS I AM TOO OLD. I believe that Cell Phones should only be used for making and receiving calls, Idiots who text while they are driving should be imprisoned. So I guess I do hate texting and "text speech" In all its forms. Acronyms about technical things and concepts are poor communication. They are easily misinterpreted and confusing for those unacquainted with the concepts or devices they are meant to refer to, and force many, myself included, into too many Wikipedia lookups. I also wonder are those that use them trying to show that they are "insiders" and "belong". I guess it is just a generational thing. I also would like to point out that I enjoy and look forward to your "Thought for the Day".

          Help stamp out Acronyms. Texting is Evil.

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            WTF - you hate LAUs? Its just a harmless TLA. TTYL.

            Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. (Glenn Reynolds)

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            Slow Eddie
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            I literally failed to understand a single acronym you used. Please see my response to the Original Griff. I don't know what you tried to tell me but right back at you.

            Help stamp out acronyms. Texting is evil.

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            • S Slow Eddie

              I GUESS I AM TOO OLD. I believe that Cell Phones should only be used for making and receiving calls, Idiots who text while they are driving should be imprisoned. So I guess I do hate texting and "text speech" In all its forms. Acronyms about technical things and concepts are poor communication. They are easily misinterpreted and confusing for those unacquainted with the concepts or devices they are meant to refer to, and force many, myself included, into too many Wikipedia lookups. I also wonder are those that use them trying to show that they are "insiders" and "belong". I guess it is just a generational thing. I also would like to point out that I enjoy and look forward to your "Thought for the Day".

              Help stamp out Acronyms. Texting is Evil.

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              OriginalGriff
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              I'm guessing you are younger than I am - but I don't like txtspk either, particularly when you have access to a "proper" keyboard and can actually type... And it does seem to be dying, except among idiots since it's harder to type txtspk into a modern phone than it is to use English (thanks to the equally idiotic autocorrect). Text messages have their place: think of them as an email that goes "ping!" pretty immediately and they are genuinely useful. "I'm stuck in a meeting, be late for supper" and so forth. I also use them to talk to friends who can't use a phone at work. And texting while driving is something I have never been guilty of: for most of the time in the early days of text I was on a motorcycle, and you just can't text in big thick Kevlar gloves... :laugh:

              Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

              "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
              "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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              • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                I'm guessing you are younger than I am - but I don't like txtspk either, particularly when you have access to a "proper" keyboard and can actually type... And it does seem to be dying, except among idiots since it's harder to type txtspk into a modern phone than it is to use English (thanks to the equally idiotic autocorrect). Text messages have their place: think of them as an email that goes "ping!" pretty immediately and they are genuinely useful. "I'm stuck in a meeting, be late for supper" and so forth. I also use them to talk to friends who can't use a phone at work. And texting while driving is something I have never been guilty of: for most of the time in the early days of text I was on a motorcycle, and you just can't text in big thick Kevlar gloves... :laugh:

                Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                Slow Eddie
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                I'll bet I'm older than you. I'll be 69 in a few months. how about you. I am way too un-coordinated to ride a motor bike or any 2 or 3 wheeled vehicle.

                I don't know. I just don't.

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                • S Slow Eddie

                  I'll bet I'm older than you. I'll be 69 in a few months. how about you. I am way too un-coordinated to ride a motor bike or any 2 or 3 wheeled vehicle.

                  I don't know. I just don't.

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                  I yield, by 9 years (my Big Six Oh in next month) :laugh: Riding keeps you attentive. If you don't pay attention it gets painful very quickly ...

                  Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

                  "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                  "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                  • D Daniel Pfeffer

                    musefan wrote:

                    A sentence is just a an ordered list of words**, following a grammar**

                    It list of words much more than is. :)

                    Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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                    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I give you an 'A' (because your list needs one!)

                    Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. (Glenn Reynolds)

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                    • D DRHuff

                      :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I give you an 'A' (because your list needs one!)

                      Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. (Glenn Reynolds)

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                      Daniel Pfeffer
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                      :-O

                      Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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                      • S Slow Eddie

                        People that use acronyms because they are too lazy to type out the full words.

                        Help stamp out acronyms.

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                        Dar Brett 0
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                        LOL TARFUN, FUBAR IYKWIM.

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                        • realJSOPR realJSOP

                          I was safe until I got to the last item in your list.

                          ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                          You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                          Slacker007
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                          Same here. I irritate everyone, so, I think I would be the first to go. :sigh:

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                          • M musefan

                            A sentence is just a list of words, you hypocrite!

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                            Actually, a sentence is a string type. A list would be a collection of string types. Just saying. :-D

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                            • S Slow Eddie

                              I literally failed to understand a single acronym you used. Please see my response to the Original Griff. I don't know what you tried to tell me but right back at you.

                              Help stamp out acronyms. Texting is evil.

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                              WTF Welcome To Facebook
                              you Your Opinion Unwanted
                              hate Hackers Against Tyranny Everywhere
                              LAU Lebanese American University
                              Its Interim Targeting Solution
                              just Japan Universal System Transport
                              harmless High-Speed Anti-Radar Missile (without any)
                              TLA Technology Licensing Agreement
                              TTYL Talk to You Louder

                              Does it make sense now? :laugh:

                              Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

                              "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                              "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                              • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                I yield, by 9 years (my Big Six Oh in next month) :laugh: Riding keeps you attentive. If you don't pay attention it gets painful very quickly ...

                                Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                                Slow Eddie
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                                60 didn't bother me. I have a feeling 70 will be entirely different... ;P

                                Getting old is hell! It does beat the alternative, but not by much...

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                                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                  WTF Welcome To Facebook
                                  you Your Opinion Unwanted
                                  hate Hackers Against Tyranny Everywhere
                                  LAU Lebanese American University
                                  Its Interim Targeting Solution
                                  just Japan Universal System Transport
                                  harmless High-Speed Anti-Radar Missile (without any)
                                  TLA Technology Licensing Agreement
                                  TTYL Talk to You Louder

                                  Does it make sense now? :laugh:

                                  Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                                  Slow Eddie
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                                  Less than before :sigh:

                                  Some things make sense, some you just have to take on faith.

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                                    LOL TARFUN, FUBAR IYKWIM.

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                                    Slow Eddie
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                                    What? (that's not an acronym). But Whatever you like, I'm not sure I care anymore. Please send me a dictionary of acronyms and what they all mean, if you do.

                                    Help stamp out poor communications. Start with acronyms.

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                                    • S Slow Eddie

                                      What? (that's not an acronym). But Whatever you like, I'm not sure I care anymore. Please send me a dictionary of acronyms and what they all mean, if you do.

                                      Help stamp out poor communications. Start with acronyms.

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                                      Lost User
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                                      Here ya go. :-D Find out what any acronym, abbreviation, or initialism stands for

                                      When you are dead, you won't even know that you are dead. It's a pain only felt by others. Same thing when you are stupid.

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                                      • S Slow Eddie

                                        I literally failed to understand a single acronym you used. Please see my response to the Original Griff. I don't know what you tried to tell me but right back at you.

                                        Help stamp out acronyms. Texting is evil.

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                                        DRHuff
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                                        Although OG has done his usual admirable job I translate for you: What The F(oulword) - you hate Lazy Acronym Users? Its just a harmless Three Letter Acronym.

                                        Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. (Glenn Reynolds)

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                                        • L Lost User

                                          Here ya go. :-D Find out what any acronym, abbreviation, or initialism stands for

                                          When you are dead, you won't even know that you are dead. It's a pain only felt by others. Same thing when you are stupid.

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                                          Slow Eddie
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                                          Thanks.

                                          Old men need love too!

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