13 May
2008
13 May
'08
1:45 p.m.
Dave writes:
and IBM's current large-scale
storage technology which is also called RAMAC, which stands for Raid
Architecture with Multilevel Adaptive Cache.
Wow, that's a backronym I never would've dreamt up!
I once contracted at a place where in the memos they actually
wrote Dazdee and Raymack. And instead of ASCII they wrote ASC2 !
If I used any of the terms correctly they made me edit them
to the approved way... it was a pretty bizarre inbred culture there!
Tim.
13 May
13 May
2:49 p.m.
In article <48296341020000370002B28F at gwiavs.nservices.wmata.com>,
"Tim Shoppa" <tshoppa at wmata.com> writes:
[...] And instead of ASCII they wrote ASC2 !
I would have expected ASKIE....
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[...] And
instead of ASCII they wrote ASC2 !
I would have expected ASKIE.... 
10:27 p.m.
New subject: Tortured Acronyms (was Re: Backronyms)
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 09:45:37AM -0400, Tim Shoppa wrote:
I once contracted at a place where in the memos they
actually
wrote Dazdee and Raymack. And instead of ASCII they wrote ASC2 !
If I used any of the terms correctly they made me edit them
to the approved way... it was a pretty bizarre inbred culture there!
Long ago, I heard "ASC2" and wondered what they were thinking.
20-ish years ago, I read a story in "The DEC Professional" or some
similar rag about a guy who got his job based on whose brother-in-law
he was, not based on job skills. He was calling into DEC support
about a broken MicroVAX, claiming the "Kaypoo Cashay" was broken.
-ethan
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