POLA: Principle of least astonishment. When something behaves in a way
which transcends the concept of not only "non-intuitive", but
"counter-intuitive", by doing something that could be only more out of
phase if it were also rotated 90 degrees on the Z axis, as it were, it
is said to "violate
mething to consider.
Thank you. I was going to make this point but, IMO, you made it more
clearly than any wording I could come up with.
Btw, I think we need an acronym for someone who begins conversations by
making bald statements. BCBMBS?
Also, FWIW, the dictionary.com definition of acrony
e. Are LoL or RoFLoL easier to guess than ROFLOL or LOL?* No.
(* This ignores that they omit the "t" of "the".) One finds a new acronym and
googles it. Or looks it up in the OLOCA <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/>.
Of course, if you weren't, I am OT here. TITT
> Uriel Apeiron wrote on 30 July 2008 20:23:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was poking around the Cygwin site and noticed the 'acronym' section.
>> The section should be called 'abbreviations'. Acronyms are a subset
>> of abbreviations that a person can say like a word, like squares are a
>> subset of rectangl
Uriel Apeiron wrote on 30 July 2008 20:23:
> Hi,
>
> I was poking around the Cygwin site and noticed the 'acronym' section.
> The section should be called 'abbreviations'. Acronyms are a subset
> of abbreviations that a person can say like a word, like squares are a
> subset of rectangles. All
Hi,
I was poking around the Cygwin site and noticed the 'acronym' section.
The section should be called 'abbreviations'. Acronyms are a subset
of abbreviations that a person can say like a word, like squares are a
subset of rectangles. All acronyms are abbreviations but not vice
versa. CIA is
On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote:
> Please see the Subject.
>
> Thanks for your kind attention to this request.
Done (also added ITA, for good measure).
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Matthew Woehlke wrote:
> Wei-Hao Lin wrote:
>> OCaml 3.10 is just released. The Cygwin ocaml package generously
>> contributed by Igor Pechtchanski in 2004, however, is still 3.08.1.
>> Although OCaml can be compiled under Cygwin without any change, s
On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 12:32:49PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>
> > NP. Added to the list.
Ditto. :-)
> Other earlier appearances in (not an exclusive list):
> [snip]
Thanks for the list of uses -- however, I think this is old enough to
Other earlier appearances in (not an exclusive list):
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2004-10/msg00157.html
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2004-01/msg00492.html (kind of)
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-05/msg01483.html
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2002-10/msg01952.html
http://sou
On Mon, 15 Aug 2005, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 03:18:04PM +0200, Oliver Wienand wrote:
> > JFTR: Packages required: gcc, gmp, make, flex, bison, perl, readline,
>
Yeah, I noticed it. The OLOCA isn't meant to be all-inclus
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 03:18:04PM +0200, Oliver Wienand wrote:
> JFTR: Packages required: gcc, gmp, make, flex, bison, perl, readline,
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On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 02:19:51PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>P.S. How does the OLOCA entry look? :-)
Poifect.
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ed as always. I'd give you a gold star every time
> you take some time out of your day to set up a new gold star for someone
> else but somehow I think that would just end up cheapening the whole
> gold star process, making gold stars more like yens than dollars.
Speaking of which,
On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 02:02:07PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>On Thu, 2 Jun 2005, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 01:01:22PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>>>On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 06:57:25AM -0700, Karl M wrote:
On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 02:19:15PM +0100, Dave Korn w
On Thu, 2 Jun 2005, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 01:01:22PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> >On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 06:57:25AM -0700, Karl M wrote:
> >>On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 02:19:15PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
> >>> How about OSCA: Only Specifically Cygwin Acronyms ?
On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 01:01:22PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 06:57:25AM -0700, Karl M wrote:
>>On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 02:19:15PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>>> How about OSCA: Only Specifically Cygwin Acronyms ?
>>
>>And then once each year, we can have a big awards
On Thu, 2 Jun 2005, Karl M wrote:
> > From: "Dave Korn"
> > Subject: RE: OLOCA
> > Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 14:19:15 +0100
> >
> > Original Message
> > >From: Igor Pechtchanski
> > >Sent: 31 May 2005 20:34
> >
> > > O
From: "Dave Korn"
Subject: RE: OLOCA
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 14:19:15 +0100
Original Message
>From: Igor Pechtchanski
>Sent: 31 May 2005 20:34
> On Tue, 31 May 2005, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>
>> On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 02:08:22PM -0400, Igor Pechtchans
t;> Original Message
>>>>> From: Igor Pechtchanski
>>>>> Sent: 31 May 2005 18:44
>>>>
>>>>> Quoting from the bottom of the OLOCA:
>>>>
>>>> Maybe you should move that bit up to the top?
>>>
>>&g
gt; >> >From: Igor Pechtchanski
> > >> >Sent: 31 May 2005 18:44
> > >>
> > >> > Quoting from the bottom of the OLOCA:
> > >>
> > >> Maybe you should move that bit up to the top?
> > >
> > >I doubt it matte
18:44
> >>
> >> > Quoting from the bottom of the OLOCA:
> >>
> >> Maybe you should move that bit up to the top?
> >
> >I doubt it matters where it is. That's the only place on the page that
> >says to send suggestions to the mai
On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 02:08:22PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>On Tue, 31 May 2005, Dave Korn wrote:
>
>> Original Message
>> >From: Igor Pechtchanski
>> >Sent: 31 May 2005 18:44
>>
>> > Quoting from the bottom of the OLOCA:
>>
>
Original Message
>From: Igor Pechtchanski
>Sent: 31 May 2005 19:08
> On Tue, 31 May 2005, Dave Korn wrote:
>
>> Original Message
>>> From: Igor Pechtchanski
>>> Sent: 31 May 2005 18:44
>>
>>> Quoting from the bottom of the OLOCA
On Tue, 31 May 2005, Dave Korn wrote:
> Original Message
> >From: Igor Pechtchanski
> >Sent: 31 May 2005 18:44
>
> > Quoting from the bottom of the OLOCA:
>
> Maybe you should move that bit up to the top?
I doubt it matters where it is. That's the
Original Message
>From: Igor Pechtchanski
>Sent: 31 May 2005 18:44
> Quoting from the bottom of the OLOCA:
Maybe you should move that bit up to the top?
And perhaps you should make the "*on one of the Cygwin lists*" text a bit
bigger and more eye-catching.
On Tue, 31 May 2005, Hecksel, Phillip (P.J.) wrote:
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Hecksel, Phillip (P.J.)
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 11:26 AM
> > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > Subject:OLOCA
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#P
n.com/acronyms#PCYMTNQREAIYR
>> Subject: OLOCA
>>
>> ROFL - rolling on floor laughing
>> ROFLMAO - ... my ass off
>> ROFLMAOMSH - ... my sides hurt
>>
>> Phil Hecksel
>> W414 Program Management
>> Building 3 1G031
>> (313)39-05278
> -Original Message-
> From: Hecksel, Phillip (P.J.)
> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 11:26 AM
> To: 'cygwin@cygwin.com'
> Subject: OLOCA
>
> ROFL - rolling on floor laughing
> ROFLMAO - ... my ass off
> ROFLMAOMSH - ... my sides
I encounter them on the list. This
particular acronym I haven't seen used yet. If you do use it, I'll be
sure to add it to the OLOCA.
FWIW, I've changed the wording at the bottom of the OLOCA a while ago to
clarify when acronym suggestions should be
Hey. Just thought that you might be able to include this one. It's not a
real big one, but I use it from time to time, and it's probably already
well known.
"SOL" - meaning shit outa luck
Hope that helps!
Ash Furrow
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On Fri, 18 Mar 2005, Reid Thompson wrote:
> WJFFM. <-- is not on list http://www.cygwin.com/acronyms/
Ack. It is now.
Ouch, it's been used back in October last year -- I must be slipping. :-)
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Hi
I noticed that RFC wasn't on the list
Request for Comment
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On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Dave Korn wrote:
> > -Original Message-
> > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Thuy-Linh Chu
> > Sent: 23 August 2004 22:46
> > To: 'cygwin'
> > Subject: OLOCA
> >
> >
> > I would like to suggest a couple mor
> -Original Message-
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Thuy-Linh Chu
> Sent: 23 August 2004 22:46
> To: 'cygwin'
> Subject: OLOCA
>
>
> I would like to suggest a couple more:
>
> PLMKIYHAQ - Please Let Me Know If You Have Any Questions
> PLM
I would like to suggest a couple more:
PLMKIYHAQ - Please Let Me Know If You Have Any Questions
PLMKIYHAP - Please Let Me Know If You Have Any Problems
PLMKIYHAQ/P - Please Let Me Know If You Have Any Questions/Problems
PLMKIYHAQ.
Sincerely,
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While we're on the "mean" theme, how about
"CGF: Crabbed, Grumpy, Forbidding" to go with "RCM"?.. ;-)
Igor
P.S. FWIW, the OLOCA already has "CGF: Computer-Generated Forms"...
On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) wrote:
>
Jason-
No link
Please re-transmit
Thanks,
Martin
"Sanity is a form of conformity"
.John Nash.. MIT
- Original Message -
From: "Jason B. Alonso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 9:02 AM
Subject: OLOCA
> H
Not "CGF: computer-generated friction"? In case anyone wonder how he got to
be so mean? :-)
-Original Message-
From: Jason B. Alonso [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 9:02 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: OLOCA
Here's one for the OLOCA (sorry
Here's one for the OLOCA (sorry it's out of the blue):
CGF: computer-generated fiction
Cheers,
Jason
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On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 08:20:30PM -0500, Orlando Echevarria wrote:
>no problem!
i.e., "NP".
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floor laughing my ass [off | out] = ROFLMAO
Rollin' on the floor Lauhging = ROFL
Ta Ta for now = TTFN
Talk to you later = TTYL
Orlando
Orlando,
I appreciate the input. However, I don't intend the OLOCA to be the
all-inclusive list of all possible acronyms -- there are much better lists
On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Orlando Echevarria wrote:
> Rollin' on the floor laughing my ass [off | out] = ROFLMAO
> Rollin' on the floor Lauhging = ROFL
>
> Ta Ta for now = TTFN
> Talk to you later = TTYL
>
> Orlando
Orlando,
I appreciate the input. However, I don&#
Rollin' on the floor laughing my ass [off | out] = ROFLMAO
Rollin' on the floor Lauhging = ROFL
Ta Ta for now = TTFN
Talk to you later = TTYL
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Delightful collection!
I don't think your acronym list should have any that haven't appeared,
but...
: Life's Little Lessons Learned. (Also L^4)
We who say that acronyms are acronyms only if you can pronounce them
(i.e., RADAR, SONAR, LORAN, etc.) are fighting a losing battle. There just
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gt; >>
> >>YANA-LATEY(almost LADY)-HISSEM-BISSEE
> >
> >Thanks for the suggestion.
> >
> >Well, let's see how well it bodes with the Cygwin community. If it gets
> >accepted, this might go into the OLOCA. I wish you sent the original to
> >
LATEY(almost LADY)-HISSEM-BISSEE
Thanks for the suggestion.
Well, let's see how well it bodes with the Cygwin community. If it gets
accepted, this might go into the OLOCA. I wish you sent the original to
the Cygwin list, so I could link to it in that case... Oh, well.
IANAL, but I
't try to pronounce it. Just... don't"
>
> Clearly a challenge if ever I heard one. This is a remarkably simple
> acronym to pronounce:
>
> YANA-LATEY(almost LADY)-HISSEM-BISSEE
Thanks for the suggestion.
Well, let's see how well it bodes with the Cygwin communi
On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Hernan M. Pulgar N. wrote:
> PEBKAC : Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair.
>
> An elegant way to say is the _user_ and not the software or the
> hardware who is going wrong.
>
> Regards
>Hernan
Hernan,
Additions to the OLOCA are
Ronald Landheer-Cieslak wrote:
>> ROTFLMAO.
> ??
wtf(rotfl) + My A** Off.
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