Dear Susan,Thomas, and Bob, I will take the blame for 'POS', (the credit goes to my father), it's NOT a typo. It is, rather, very disparaging and contains a foul word for excrement. So there. A POS is not always worse than a PSO, because some very nice pianos can become PsOS when abused or used-up. PSO's, on the other hand, are born that way, and only exist to entertain piano technicians. I also have not really been at the e-mail thing all that long, and should probably try harder to use stuff like smileys and <g>s. Sometimes it's just more fun to see how serious other people look at life............................................................... Regards, Guy At 04:37 PM 8/20/97 -0700, you wrote: >At 03:20 PM 8/20/97 -0700, you wrote: >>Would someone explain the following to a poor soul who has seen them in >>recent postings: PSO, POS, <g>? As a rookie in the computer world, I >>have to ask basic questions. >> >>Thanks, >> >>Bob Anderson >>Tucson,AZ > >Dear Bob: > >Welcome to the net, and the list. I love it. > >"PSO" is "Piano-Shaped Object", a term if disparagement, of course. "POS" I >have no idea about -- probably a typing mistake, such as plague us all. >("Dyslexia for cure found", as they say ...) > ><g> is net language for <grin>, meaning "please don't go off the deep end >about this, I'm only kidding". There is also <bg> for <big grin>. It is used >interchangeably with the "smiley" figures, such as :-) As soon as you make a >mild, seemingly obvious crack about something, and have somebody go >ballistic, you'll see why <g> is so common. <g> > >There are a few others, such as IMHO ("in my humble opinion") and LOL >("laugh out loud"?) that come up, and a lot I haven't learned yet. I only >went on the net last January. > >(What better way to find out, than to ask?) > >Best wishes, > >Susan > >. >Susan Kline >P.O. Box 1651 >Philomath, OR 97370 >skline@proaxis.com > >"When all other means of communication fail, try words." > -- Ashleigh Brilliant > > > Guy Nichols, RPT nicho@lascruces.com "Irreversibility is the mechanism that brings order from chaos" Prigogine
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