...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)

I was thinking of you, javachik, when I wrote that.

Back when KCD was in the Navy, I thought I had learned how to speak the alphabet, but I swear, there are more and more acronyms now just in everyday life.

My dad taught me FUBAR and SNAFU when I was about 12. He considered it valuable life knowledge...and he was right.

When I got hired by Imagineering, one of the first things I was handed was a huge document, I'm pretty sure at least 30 pages, that was nothing but definitions of all the acronyms that division used. TDL is Tokyo Disney Land, DCA is Disney California Adventure, DLR is Disneyland Resort, LCU is the Level Control Unit, and on and on.

I am constantly saying "Sorry, I'm new to [job], what does X mean?"

We have been reorganized to a dept. that is mostly IT based, and us. I swear I need a simultaneous translator for staff meetings.

I discovered a wealth of new acronyms in public health. "USAID has an RFP out for an MNCH/FP CA. There's a BCC aspect where our PM thinks MSH's work in RH could compete with our TA portfolio." Granted, spelling out "maternal, neonatal, and child health/family planning" gets old, but once per document is a must.

We're breaking in a new publisher and they REFUSE to use RFP/RFQ, even though they're standard industry usage. What really gets me is that they'll spell them out ... and do it wrong (RFP does NOT mean "request for price").

Ooof.

Now try to make them use RFx.

Have a question - Just curious rather than real technical support. How does the new iPad 3 screen compare to eink. From what I understand about it is about 264 pixels per inch, which in a printed page would not be very much. But a screen requires fewer pixels per inch and it has the retina display. On the other hand eink really is very printlike and does not require backlighting, though e-ink almost always has it. So, in general any info on how the ipad 3 screen would compare in practice to e-ink, expecially for reading text 6 or 7 hours at a time? I'm thinking of both ease of reading and stuff that is not obvious in a short period like eye strain, or just eyes getting tired.