Miscronyms

[wblock@]

Yesterday, a tech support person told me that SMTP stood for "Sending Mail To People".

 

[SirDice]

Hahaha... That's not too bad. I'll give him an A for effort :e

 

[fonz]

Yesterday, a tech support person told me that SMTP stood for "Sending Mail To People".

That's why they're called tech support: they need support in the tech department

 

[roddierod]

Ask him what POP stands for.

 

[fonz]

Ask him what POP stands for.

No hijacking intended, but the above made me realise that skydivers have their own lingo that may at times appear rather kinky to the whuffo, i.e. non-jumping outsider who doesn't know what it means.

Anyone up for a "horny gorilla"? :O Just remember: "When in doubt, whip it out!"

 

[cpm@]

Ask him what POP stands for.

He can say that POP means: Post Office Preferred.

 

[cpm@]

They don't like acronyms? You get into a lawsuit by this motive? Quoted by the legal section of Photoshop:

Trademarks must never be abbreviated.

Correct: Take a look at the new features in Adobe® Photoshop® software.
Incorrect: Take a look at the new features in PS.

IMHO these lawyers not deserve a beer :e