Yeah that's cascading styles sheets to me!!
You got fired, and you still hang around here like a big loser. Why can't he?
Cordelia ,'Chosen'
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javachik - Mar 20, 2012 5:26:55 pm PDT #19702 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
Jessica - Mar 20, 2012 5:41:37 pm PDT #19703 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Even within the same field, acronyms can be inconsistent. I learned MOS in film school to mean "motor only shot" (i.e., no sound). But on a news shot sheet MOS means Man On Street (as in interview). Took me ages to figure that out.
§ ita § - Mar 20, 2012 5:44:36 pm PDT #19704 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That's what is SUPPOSED to be done in the tech industry
I think some of the acronyms have reached the point where spelling them out doesn't help anyone. I mean, if I wrote out HyperText Markup Language or Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, people would be all "What is she talking about?" where HTML or https would send them to their reflexive comfortable place.
Atropa - Mar 20, 2012 6:03:53 pm PDT #19705 of 25501
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I think some of the acronyms have reached the point where spelling them out doesn't help anyone.
This is very true. But trying to figure out the balance between "Everyone knows what that means" and "Let's just assume everyone knows what that means and no one on the team wants to ask and possibly expose their ignorance" is frustrating.
Dana - Mar 20, 2012 6:10:36 pm PDT #19706 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
People are totally just lazy most of the time when they don't define acronyms.
(Yes, I am possibly a little biased.)
amych - Mar 20, 2012 6:15:28 pm PDT #19707 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
People are totally just lazy most of the time when they don't define acronyms.
QFT
Steph L. - Mar 20, 2012 6:33:08 pm PDT #19708 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
LOL
SuziQ - Mar 20, 2012 6:53:21 pm PDT #19709 of 25501
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
FTW
javachik - Mar 20, 2012 6:54:26 pm PDT #19710 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
Which everyone knows means: "FUT THE WHUCK!"
meara - Mar 20, 2012 6:56:11 pm PDT #19711 of 25501
...I don't know what QFT means!
I did encounter this during the test after last week's training (which I found out I passed! At the highest level!) Medical abbreviations are terrible--I had one "patient chart" that had a history of PKD, which I know as polycystic kidney disease--but the abbreviation medical dictionary had a diferent first meaning (though mine was second)