[CLUE-Talk] tonight's meeting

[Dennis J Perkins]

I hadn't meant to post the message to Clue-Talk.  It was meant for 
Clue-Cert.  Hopefully everyone following that list knows what LFS means.
If you want to join us, see you in two weeks.

Jed S. Baer wrote:

>On Tue, 20 May 2003 21:52:08 -0600
>robert anselmi <ranselmi at americanisp.com> wrote:
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>>and what does 
>>LFS mean? Usually in proper English an abreviation is spelled out before
>>it is used.
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>Welcome to the wonderful world of Geek acronyms. I'm afraid you'll just
>have to get used to them being used. This is true in any Geek community --
>in fact it's common not just in geek communities. Usenet is a good example
>of an envrionment where regulars toss acronyms around with wild abandon --
>and some of them are even understandable! ;-)
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>Within any community, acronyms wind up being used, usually after their
>"spelled out" equivalents have been typed a bunch of times. So, their
>meanings are known in the community. It's part of the process of getting
>to know a community, that one gets the hang of the jargon, which includes
>sometimes obscure acronyms.
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>FWIW, LFS means "Linux From Scratch".
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>Usually, using google to look up acronyms works really well. Also, you can
>consult the Jargon File. Actually, it makes for entertaining reading even
>if you aren't trying to find something specific. It's maintained by Eric
>S. Raymond, and you can find it at http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/
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>So, do try to remember that a mailing list isn't a thesis. Proper english
>aren't required, or even speaked some of the times.
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>jed
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