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From: jms@antares.UUCP (Joe Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: VLT and other TLAs
Summary: explain yourself, please
Keywords: unexpanded abbreviations
Message-ID: <403@antares.UUCP>
Date: 26 Feb 89 02:32:09 GMT
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In article <338@gtss.gatech.edu> chas@gtss.UUCP (Charles Cleveland) writes:
>In article <10755@ut-emx.UUCP> mjl@ut-emx.UUCP (Maurice LeBrun) writes:
>)I will send VLT and it's paraphernalia off to Bob Page when I get the
>It's been done.  I was wondering what the delay was, but your remarks
> ...
>send them to Bob, and also to me, so that I can make my anonymous ftp VLT

These type of postings are so annoying!

"What is that latest version of XYZ", "I have version 2.0 of VLT",
"Is anyone working on ABC",  "I just ported SUPER to the Amiga", etc.

I have seen 6 messages about VLT and have no idea whether it is a word
processor, a spread sheet, a screen blanker, or a glorified game of TIC TAC
TOE.  I had to read the Atari newsgroup to find any articles that said
anything more about Mathametica other than to say that it exists!

The point I'm trying to make is that it is very rude to use TLAs in your
posting without giving some sort of context so that the reader can understand
what you're saying.  (TLA = Three Letter Acronym, which itself is a TLA.)

Please don't mail me details about VLT.  It would be better all around if
the author posted a short article to the net explaining what it is and why
we should be interested in it.

All I ask is that future postings not be so cryptic.  When asking if something
exists, a 3 sentence request is more understandable than a single one.  When
announcing the availability of something, a description that takes 3 to 20
lines would be appreciated.  Thank you.
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