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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 594.1 | Dames at Sea. | SKIVT::ROGERS | But Otto, what about our relationship? | Tue Dec 13 1988 15:05 | 4 |
| W.A.V.E.S. = Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service - female sailors.
SPAR = Contraction of *Semper Paratus*? - female Coast Guarders?
Larry
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| 594.2 | A nice pair | CLOSET::T_PARMENTER | Tongue in cheek, fist in air! | Wed Dec 14 1988 14:44 | 2 |
| SPAR = acronym from Semper Paratus - Always Ready
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| 594.3 | I've got a secret | OFFPLS::PIDUSER | | Wed Dec 14 1988 18:20 | 16 |
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When I worked for the CIA as a programmer (and nothing else!) in
the Washington, D.C. area, we would often get shipments of equipment
and supplies marked "PROJECT 391". When I became curious enough
to ask about this apparently well-funded but hush-hush project,
I was told that the CIA didn't like to see its acronym on such things,
so all the shippers adopted the convention of using the numerical
equivalents of the alpha acronmy to identify the ultimate customer.
"Everybody (in D.C.) knew" what 391 meant, so I'm not too concerned about
having divulged anything that might jeaporidze the national security.
Besides, we probably were smart enough to tell the Russians it was
an octal number.
Stan B.
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| 594.4 | Snafu | RICKS::SATOW | | Wed Dec 14 1988 18:33 | 12 |
| Of course, there's the classic military acronym
+--F****d--+
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Situation Normal All --+ +--Up
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+--Fouled--+
That has done what few acronyms do -- become a "legitimate" word.
Clay
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| 594.5 | | GAO::DKEATING | Thaitn�onn Salmon Salmonella | Wed Dec 14 1988 18:42 | 5 |
| .3� When I worked for the CIA as a programmer (and nothing else!) in
Thats what they all say!!! ;-)
- Dave.
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| 594.6 | baseline reply | FLASH1::KALLIS | Anger's no replacement for reason. | Wed Dec 14 1988 18:48 | 8 |
| Re .3 (Stan B):
>Besides, we probably were smart enough to tell the Russians it was
>an octal number.
Yes, 391 makes a _great_ octal number!!! :-D
Steve Kallis, Jr.
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| 594.7 | well defined | EAGLE1::EGGERS | Tom, VAX & MIPS architecture | Wed Dec 14 1988 22:18 | 5 |
| 391 (octal) = (3*8 + 9)*8 + 1 = 265 (decimal).
Also, 391 (octal) = 411 (octal).
No problem at all, particularly for "Project 391".
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| 594.8 | | TKOV51::DIAMOND | This note is illegal tender. | Thu Apr 19 1990 11:35 | 8 |
| For Canadian Socialist Insurance (rivalling American Socialist Insecurity
and similar programs in other countries), people are assigned numbers
called SINs.
I had the impression that the propaganda divisions of many government
agencies chose moderately clever acronyms, producing words with
pleasant imagery, so that people who call for help would get a warm
fuzzy feeling about being shafted. Can't think of any offhand though.
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| 594.9 | | JANUS::CWALSH | If it's wind, I'll call it Shaw | Thu May 24 1990 13:59 | 10 |
| re -1
Are these numbers kept in the family? Are the SINs of the fathers passed on to
their children, yea even unto the nth generation?
Sorry, I couldn't keep it down.
Chris
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