3 Aug
2010
3 Aug
'10
8:10 p.m.
On 8/2/2010 3:35 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Does no one remember Veetock? (VTOC)
I do, and occasionally still use it.
My #1 pet peeve is GIF. I've always pronounced the g as in graphics,
because that's what it stands for. When I hear people pronounce it as
"jif" like the peanut butter, it raises my hackles.
In a spot of idiocy, Unisys's actual paper says you're supposed to
pronounce it "jif" and that's just stupid. It's not a "jraphics
interchange format" and yet they stick to that like peanut butter:
http://www.olsenhome.com/gif/
So yes, I am calling the inventors of GIF complete idiots.
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