Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 12:46:11 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Marino Ladavac <lada@pc8811.gud.siemens.at> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Abbreviation (was: Re: Compelling reason for SCSI device nam Message-ID: <36121A03.42CEFA7C@uk.radan.com> References: <XFMail.980930133121.lada@pc8811.gud.siemens.at>
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Marino Ladavac wrote:
>
> On 30-Sep-98 Mark Ovens wrote:
> > Scott Mitchell wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 10:45:06AM +0200, Eivind Eklund wrote:
> >> > On Tue, Sep 29, 1998 at 11:06:58AM -0400, Brian Cully wrote:
> >> > > On Tue, Sep 29, 1998 at 06:18:22PM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote:
> >> > > > OK, let's try again, since Jordan obviously wasn't able to guess what
> >> > > > your question means.
> >> > >
> >> > > ITYM Justin, HTH, HAND.
> >> >
> >> > I see this set of abbreviations with some regularity, but have not yet
> >> > seen an explanation. Have you got one for me? Thanks!
> >> >
> >> > Eivind.
> >>
> >> AFAIK,
> >>
> >> ITYM = I Think You Mean
> >> HTH = Hope {This,That} Helps
> >> HAND = Have A Nice Day
> >>
> >
> > OK, since we're on the subject of abbreviations, what about NIH?
>
> NIH was Not Invented Here; you should ask our friends in L* camp :)
That was the context I saw it in...
"...I'm quite tired of the totally non-portable
stuff that Linux perpetrates with its NIH
syndrome."
>
> /Marino
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