RE: [alfa] GT4 not GTV4? **PLUS Acronyms/abbreviatons in postings**

["Brian Shorey" <bshorey@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jeff,

> I'm well aware of google, but it would take longer for myself
> or someone else reading the digest to go look up some
> abbreviation than it would for the person posting to type it
> out.  And when I find say, "AMF" at the end of an email from
> somebody not familiar to me, which google definition do I
> choose?   Adios, My Friend or Adios, Mother Fucker?  Point
> being, these should be left to emails sent to friends and
> family rather than an international discussion forum.
>
> I consider myself quite computer savvy, living in San
> Francisco and working in digital computer animation.  I am on
> a daily basis using and networking within Windows/Mac/Linux
> and Various Silicon Graphics operating systems.  My point was
> meant to ask that posters have more sensitivity to the scope
> of the potential digest reader's background, 'chat lingo'
> familiarity and geographical locations, in an attempt at
> keeping the dialog more easily understood by all readers.

I understand, but this is the internet, and there's a blurry line between
having the masses that have been there for a while jump through hoops to
educate an occasional newbie (to the forum, or to the terms), vs placing the
onus on the newbie to do a little research to get up to speed on what others
may already be quite comfortable with.  I feel your pain, and agree that
probably 1/2 of the acronyms could have used some up front definition.  Fwiw
(For What It's Worth!), a post by Peter Webb regarding programmable engine
control stuff of a couple of weeks ago almost made my head explode, as most
of the acronyms he used were neither general internet or Alfa related.

> As for your sign off, you might be unaware of this trick:
> Most email programs have a "signature" feature where you can
> type in whatever you like as a sign off just one time.  After
> you set that up, the program will automatically insert your
> signature at the end of your email before it sends it out.
> Saves you even more keystrokes!

I'm well aware of it, but also use this e-mail account for most of my
e-mail, work or personal related - it's easier for me to filter e-mail on
the receiving end than it is to deal with multiple accounts..  So listing
all of my Alfas in Cisco related e-mails isn't appropriate, nor is providing
my internal Cisco contact information to all of my Alfa friends..

HTH (Hope This Helps),

bs
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