Re: DS/SG Question
From: "By the way, we're out of high-fat, high-cholesterol non-nutritional snacks" <KOCHTE@s...>
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 08:22:14 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: DS/SG Question
>By the way, when reading the rules, I find abbreviations like this
actually
>take longer to deal with than if the words were written out in full. I
>have to retrieve from memory "HEL = High Energy Laser" instead of just
>reading it. That's one reason I don't play Dirtside--I have to go back
and
>translate the charts before I know what I'm looking for. Does it have
that
>effect on anyone else, or am I just getting old and senile?
Old and senile (OAS). ;-)
The world is propogating towards acronyms, and getting worse all the
time
(the department I work in is called OPUS, which is a second level
acronym).
I live in a world of acronyms, both at work and outside of it. Can't
seem
to escape it.
Then again, YMMV ;-)
Mk
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