D.R.A.D.I.S. ??

dru_mcd

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Oct 18, 2005, 4:34:04 PM10/18/05

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Has anyone ever heard what DRADIS stands for?
Direcitonal Range And Distance Information System?
Dumb-asses Runnin' Around DIS ship?
Deranged Ranters Advocating Delusions of Sod***?

oops - forget that last one...
you know, speak-of-the-devil and he appears.

Cyde Weys

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Oct 18, 2005, 4:47:55 PM10/18/05

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Why would you censor sodomy? This isn't network television, you know.
You're allowed to say what you really feel.

Ryan P.

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Oct 18, 2005, 7:27:40 PM10/18/05

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Cyde Weys wrote:

Because this newsgroup is like a parody of the movie "Candyman."

If you say "Sodomy" three times in a row, JS appears.

dru_mcd

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Oct 18, 2005, 7:47:16 PM10/18/05

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BINGO
or even worse, Beetlejuice...

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dru_mcd

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Oct 18, 2005, 7:52:49 PM10/18/05

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I was making a (lame) joke....
sorry you didn't get the implied cynisism

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Zarggg

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Oct 18, 2005, 11:51:22 PM10/18/05

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Apparently: Direction, RAnge, DIStance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRADIS
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where

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Oct 19, 2005, 3:29:32 AM10/19/05

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Well, if we don't say anything about he who cannot be named, maybe he will
go away. Maybe he went off of his meds and lost his weekend Usenet
privileges.

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Ryan P.

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Oct 19, 2005, 11:17:15 AM10/19/05

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where wrote:

> Well, if we don't say anything about he who cannot be named, maybe he will
> go away. Maybe he went off of his meds and lost his weekend Usenet
> privileges.

He Who Cannont Be Named... lol I always thoght that was just a
character in a fantasy book series! Who knew she was based on a real
life character!

The Central Scrutinizer

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Oct 19, 2005, 12:05:19 PM10/19/05

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Apparently: Direction, RAnge, DIStance.

IMO, Range = Distance. But, according to a couple of sites, that's what
it is. I love contrived acronyms. ;)

Michael Grosberg

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Oct 19, 2005, 12:08:04 PM10/19/05

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Do you know what TWAIN stands for?

The Central Scrutinizer

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Oct 19, 2005, 12:29:08 PM10/19/05

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>Do you know what TWAIN stands for?

I always thought it was "Technology Without An Interesting Name",
but...

"In several accounts, TWAIN was an acronym developed playfully from
"technology without an important name." However, the TWAIN Working
Group says that after the name chosen originally turned out to be
already trademarked, an 11th hour meeting of the group came up with
TWAIN, deriving it from the saying "Ne'er the twain shall meet,"
because the program sits between the driver and the application. The
name is not intended to be an acronym."

-From techtarget.com

Chris ®

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Oct 19, 2005, 12:21:10 PM10/19/05

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>Apparently: Direction, RAnge, DIStance.

Apparently, the Colonial language only uses the word "radio" to refer to
nucular (spelling intentional) "radiation". Communication is called
"wireless". That means our term RADAR wouldn't work for them.

Funny how Moore slips this stuff in, while claiming the "centon, micron,
yahren" stuff was too "confusing".

--
"I reject your reality and substitute my own" - Adam Savage

enova...@aol.com

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Oct 19, 2005, 2:02:34 PM10/19/05

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And of course we all know these:
PCMCIA = People Can't Memorize Confusing Initials and Acronyms
IBM = I Blame Microsft

elr...@pop.uky.edu

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Oct 21, 2005, 10:39:41 AM10/21/05

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Michael Grosberg wrote:
> Do you know what TWAIN stands for?

The national anthem?

-Eric

The Central Scrutinizer

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Oct 21, 2005, 11:59:11 AM10/21/05

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>The national anthem?

GROOOOOAANN.... (*shaking my head in shame*)