[13790] in Cypherpunks
Re: AOL for Acronym OverLoading
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Handler)
Mon May 16 22:14:13 1994
From: grendel@netaxs.com (Michael Handler)
To: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 22:08:55 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: SGT=DARREN=S.=HARLOW%ISB%MCTSSA@nwsfallbrook3.nwac.sea06.navy.mil,
cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199405170145.SAA11848@netcom.com> from "Timothy C. May" at May 16, 94 06:45:26 pm
> > Does anyone have a write-up on NES? I believe that it is based on
> > DES, but I am not sure. It is for a paper that I am writing up.
>
> The NES has been pretty much replaced by S-NES, the Super-Nintendo
> Entertainment System. Check it out in any toy store.
What, no 3DO or Lynx? ;)
> Oh, you meant something different? This exemplifies what I believe it
> was Eric Hughes who called it "acronym overloading," or "TLA overlaoding." I
> have thus dubbed this "AOL," standing for both America OnLine _and_
> Acronym OverLoading, thus defining itself by example.
Amen to this. Perhaps Darren was referring to NewDES when he said NES?
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