fubar en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:39:05 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://singletrackworld.com/forum/search.php http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/does-using-acronyms-and-abbreviations#post-3285679 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:28:11 +0000 imnotverygood 3285679@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>OT*, but are Bontrager's Mud-X tyres: Mud-ex or Mud-Cross? (&amp; others of that ilk?)</p> <p>* see what I did there </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/does-using-acronyms-and-abbreviations#post-3285672 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:25:42 +0000 sparksmcguff 3285672@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>...look lazy? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/does-using-acronyms-and-abbreviations#post-3285670 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:24:27 +0000 sobriety 3285670@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>The worst part is that when I meet up with my uni mates (we're all engineers) half the jokes are TLAs... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/does-using-acronyms-and-abbreviations#post-3285637 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:07:22 +0000 crazy-legs 3285637@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>There's an ever increasing number of acronyms used for various reagents in chemistry, get's annoying when you have to spend as long looking up what at the reagents actually are, as working out what they do! </blockquote></p> <p>Worst for that is protecting group chemistry. On the plus side though just writing Boc or MOM or MEM is a hell of a lot easier than writing out the full structure!<br /> My favourite was the (slightly contrived) DEADCAT for Diethyl Azodicarboxylate. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/does-using-acronyms-and-abbreviations#post-3285412 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:56:03 +0000 aP 3285412@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I have an Acronomicon from one of my clients that's 600 pages. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/does-using-acronyms-and-abbreviations#post-3274629 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:14:47 +0000 Cougar 3274629@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I work in IT, which is an industry pretty much based on TLAs. It's a necessary evil though, as you've got a lot of like-sounding technologies and ambiguity could be disastrous.</p> <p>Eg, talking about an Internet connection at a technical level: "broadband" tells you nothing about the technology being used to present the connection, and you don't want (or need) to be saying "Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line" every time, so it's ADSL. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/does-using-acronyms-and-abbreviations#post-3274425 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:14:17 +0000 bencooper 3274425@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I don't think LX and XT actually stand for anything (or the old DX) - they were just made up. XTR is XT Race, though.</p> <p>More interestingly is Deore. One of their first mechs had a picture of a deer on it (I've got one) and someone mistranslated "Deer" - they liked the mistake, so it stuck. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/does-using-acronyms-and-abbreviations#post-3274412 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:06:57 +0000 john_drummer 3274412@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>FIIK - f***ed if I know? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/does-using-acronyms-and-abbreviations#post-3274340 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:40:00 +0000 IHN 3274340@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>like he said, XTR is an abbreviation </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/does-using-acronyms-and-abbreviations#post-3273940 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:49:12 +0000 porter_jamie 3273940@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Xtr is not an acronym. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/does-using-acronyms-and-abbreviations#post-3273902 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:39:25 +0000 beckykirk43 3273902@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>Entirely defeating the object then.<br /> </blockquote><br /> yep!<br /> I've just realised there was a rogue apostrophe in my post - I almost feel ashamed of my poor grammar! </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/does-using-acronyms-and-abbreviations#post-3273680 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:42:17 +0000 don simon 3273680@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>get's annoying when you have to spend as long looking up what at the reagents actually are, as working out what they do! </blockquote><br /> Entirely defeating the object then.<br /> <img src="http://www.smileys4me.com/getsmiley.php?show=1893"> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/does-using-acronyms-and-abbreviations#post-3273642 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:35:12 +0000 beckykirk43 3273642@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>X as in cross? </p> <p>There's an ever increasing number of acronyms used for various reagents in chemistry, get's annoying when you have to spend as long looking up what at the reagents actually are, as working out what they do! </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/does-using-acronyms-and-abbreviations#post-3273630 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:33:44 +0000 KT1973 3273630@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>don simon - Member</p> <p>FIIK </p> <p>? </blockquote><br /> I like the look of those. Haven't been on a skateboard since I sold my Powell &amp; Peralta 20 years ago </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/does-using-acronyms-and-abbreviations#post-3273610 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:29:57 +0000 andrewh 3273610@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Right, we now have X Terrain Race. What does the X stand for? This is turning into a much longer question than I was expecting... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/does-using-acronyms-and-abbreviations#post-3273600 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:27:50 +0000 Bregante 3273600@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>My job uses far too many TLA's </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/does-using-acronyms-and-abbreviations#post-3273597 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:26:44 +0000 IanMunro 3273597@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>X Terrain (Possibly, maybe, dunno) </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/does-using-acronyms-and-abbreviations#post-3273593 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:26:16 +0000 bikebouy 3273593@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I like accro's, it stops people really understanding what you are on about when not in a like minded group.. </p> <p>= a bit of exclusivity.</p> <p>Sailings full of em', stops the unwashed knowing what you are on about. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/does-using-acronyms-and-abbreviations#post-3273591 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:25:25 +0000 andrewh 3273591@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>OK, that's half an answer. What does XT stand for? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/does-using-acronyms-and-abbreviations#post-3273585 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:23:17 +0000 IanMunro 3273585@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>AFAIK IIRC XT Race. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/does-using-acronyms-and-abbreviations#post-3273571 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:20:37 +0000 andrewh 3273571@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Had a meeting today with the man from IT and a telephone salesman.<br /> Other than being asked if I liked tea or coffee I didn't really understand any of it. They seemed quite contnet to talk amogst themselves.<br /> On the subject of acronyms, what does XTR stand for? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/does-using-acronyms-and-abbreviations#post-3273541 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:14:28 +0000 don simon 3273541@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>FIIK </blockquote><br /> <a href="http://fiikskateboards.com/">?</a> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/does-using-acronyms-and-abbreviations#post-3273534 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:12:58 +0000 nealglover 3273534@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>If job related and used outside of the workplace where people wouldn't know what they mean...... Attention craving. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/does-using-acronyms-and-abbreviations#post-3273531 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:12:22 +0000 KT1973 3273531@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>FIIK </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/does-using-acronyms-and-abbreviations#post-3273520 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:10:23 +0000 don simon 3273520@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>... make you sound more or less intelligent?<br /> I see widespread useage by people who wish, I guess, to appear familiar or knowledgeable on a subject using anacronyms and abbreviations.<br /> In the correct environment it's simply jargon and useful, but in an open forum? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/new-google-image-search#post-1678504 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:25:30 +0000 highclimber 1678504@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>its not as balls as Hotmail&#39;s new layout. totally useless and convoluted </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/new-google-image-search#post-1678363 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:58:29 +0000 Elfinsafety 1678363@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>Right at the bottom there&#39;s a link to &#39;switch to basic version&#39;,</blockquote></p> <p>Top man! Thank you! </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/new-google-image-search#post-1678315 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:46:33 +0000 buzz-lightyear 1678315@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Seems slower. So don&#39;t like </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/new-google-image-search#post-1678125 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:51:23 +0000 nickjb 1678125@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Right at the bottom there&#39;s a link to &#39;switch to basic version&#39;, it keeps the extra search options on the side, though. I quite like the colour thingy </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/new-google-image-search#post-1677921 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:42:39 +0000 dmetcalfe 1677921@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I quite like it. I heard there is a way to get the old google images back. Can&#39;t remember how to do it though. Just google it! </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/new-google-image-search#post-1677915 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:37:19 +0000 Tracker1972 1677915@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Seems to work ok to be honest, you ask for pictures of something and get loads of them, click on them and it takes you to the page it was on if you click the picture. Doesn&#39;t seem to take long either, I am keeping it in the family with Chrome as my browser though... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/new-google-image-search#post-1677842 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:08:05 +0000 tragically1969 1677842@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>It&#39;s cack </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/new-google-image-search#post-1677728 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:19:29 +0000 MrNutt 1677728@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>its shite. google seem to be intent on crapafying their user interface. too much koolaid up at mountainview me thinks </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/new-google-image-search#post-1677676 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:00:50 +0000 headfirst 1677676@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I like. works great for blanka vlasic </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/new-google-image-search#post-1677657 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:54:42 +0000 bikemonkey 1677657@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Agree - dislike </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/new-google-image-search#post-1677631 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:46:42 +0000 Elfinsafety 1677631@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>then you get Lisa Rogers in the middle, then by the end it all gets a bit wrong...</blockquote></p> <p>By that stage it&#39;s turned into images of ladies with names that might not actually be their real ones doing unmentionable things with fruits, vegetables, pets and various household items.</p> <p>That reminds me, I must buy a sink plunger tomorrow... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/new-google-image-search#post-1677471 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:54:41 +0000 thebunk 1677471@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Found today that there&#39;s a little colour picker you can click on to only show pics of a certain colour, such as <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=cotic&amp;um=1&amp;hl=en&amp;biw=1680&amp;bih=947&amp;tbs=isch:1,ic:specific,isc:orange&amp;source=lnt">orange cotics</a>.</p> <p>I like that you can see loads of results at once. You get mostly orange bikes at first, then you get Lisa Rogers in the middle, then by the end it all gets a bit wrong... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/new-google-image-search#post-1677449 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:48:15 +0000 nickc 1677449@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>struggling to care either way really </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/new-google-image-search#post-1677440 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:46:12 +0000 clubber 1677440@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I like it - seems to work well for me... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/new-google-image-search#post-1677437 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:45:17 +0000 jools182 1677437@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>hate it, its balls </p>