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From: cook@pinocchio.Encore.COM (Dale C. Cook)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: rec.swl
Summary: Traditional
Message-ID: <9996@multimax.Encore.COM>
Date: 22 Sep 89 18:03:05 GMT
Reply-To: cook@encore.com
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Organization: The Woodville Irregulars
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[chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) recently posted that: 
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|I still don't think they're perfect, but... (and I *hate* the term dx. Don't
|ask me why, it's not logical...)
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The longer the tradition, the less the logic.  The abbreviation of 
long words (wx = weather, dx = distance) goes way back to telegrapher
times.  I guess when you're a pioneer you get to choose stuff for
future generations.  Consider 'ls' and 'pwd'.  :-)

I still like rec.dx.  Nice `n' short!


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