scott@tekcrl.LABS.TEK.COM (Scott Huddleston) (08/01/89)
I see "IMHO" used as an abbreviation (or acronym or ??) in Usenet messages all the time. What is it? -- Scott Huddleston testing the semantics of the ".signature" file
scott@tekcrl.LABS.TEK.COM (Scott Huddleston) (08/01/89)
IMHO means "In My Humble Opinion". Perhaps it's silly to answer my own question, but that saves others the effort of doing so. And thanks to the poster of another message in this group who spelled out IMHO, thus answering my question. -- Scott Huddleston testing the semantics of the ".signature" file
bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker) (08/01/89)
In article <4412@tekcrl.LABS.TEK.COM> scott@tekcrl.LABS.TEK.COM (Scott Huddleston) writes: |I see "IMHO" used as an abbreviation (or acronym or ??) in Usenet |messages all the time. What is it? It May Hop Over I Might Have Orgasms Interference Must Happen Often In My Hasty Opinion BTW (guess what that means), "Distribution: usa" in the mail header isn't necessarily a good idea. Try "Distribution: world" since this news group will go everywhere... Cheers, -- __ Bruce Becker Toronto, Ont. w \cc/ Internet: bdb@becker.UUCP, bruce@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu `/\/-e BitNet: BECKER@HUMBER.BITNET _< >_ "Mistah Kaldis, he T*d" - A Popsicle Now
edm@nwnexus.WA.COM (Ed Morin) (08/02/89)
scott@tekcrl.LABS.TEK.COM (Scott Huddleston) writes: >IMHO means "In My Humble Opinion". >Perhaps it's silly to answer my own question, but that saves others >the effort of doing so. And thanks to the poster of another message >in this group who spelled out IMHO, thus answering my question. I didn't know and (IMHO :-) appreciate you asking out loud... -- Ed Morin Northwest Nexus Inc. "Unix Public Access for the Masses!" edm@nwnexus.WA.COM
slzr@GTE.COM (Suzanne Sluizer) (08/03/89)
In article <4413@tekcrl.LABS.TEK.COM> scott@tekcrl.LABS.TEK.COM (Scott Huddleston) writes: >IMHO means "In My Humble Opinion". According to one message that appears every so often in news.announce.newusers, it also means "In My Honest Opinion". (BTW, if you haven't read the messages that appear in that group, do so. They are full of interesting and useful information.) So take your pick. -- Suzanne Sluizer CSNET: slzr%gte.com@RELAY.CS.NET GTE Laboratories UUCP: ...!harvard!bunny!slzr 617-466-2882 "Truth is a pathless land." -- Krishnamurti
epsilon@wet.UUCP (Eric P. Scott) (08/03/89)
In article <694@becker.UUCP> bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker) writes: > BTW (guess what that means), "Distribution: usa" > in the mail header isn't necessarily a good idea. > Try "Distribution: world" since this news group > will go everywhere... Thank you, Emily Postnews. Please use the SMALLEST distribution available that reaches your target audience. Items of interest only to US readers (or autos for sale in New Jersey, etc.) should not go to world! -=EPS=-
mesard@bbn.com (Wayne Mesard) (08/04/89)
In article <367@wet.UUCP> epsilon@wet.UUCP (Eric P. Scott) writes: >In article <694@becker.UUCP> bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker) writes: >> BTW (guess what that means), "Distribution: usa" >> in the mail header isn't necessarily a good idea. >> Try "Distribution: world" since this news group >> will go everywhere... > >Please use the SMALLEST distribution available that reaches your >target audience. Items of interest only to US readers (or autos >for sale in New Jersey, etc.) should not go to world! Of course. But the point that Eric was making (I think) is one that our non-US net.neighbors are forever trying to get through our thick skulls: USA does not equal USENET The "world" distribution is right for the vast majority of articles. "For sale" posts, aricles about local-radio-show-X, etc. should receive your regional distribution prefix. The "usa" distribution (which excludes Canadian sites) is almost never appropriate. -- unsigned *Wayne_Mesard(); "We need your business, we're going out of Mesard@BBN.COM business, we'll give you the business." BBN, Cambridge, MA -Tom Waits, "Step Right Up"
chris@psych.toronto.edu (Christine Hitchcock) (08/05/89)
In article <367@wet.UUCP> epsilon@wet.UUCP (Eric P. Scott) writes: >In article <694@becker.UUCP> bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker) writes: >> BTW (guess what that means), "Distribution: usa" >> in the mail header isn't necessarily a good idea. >> Try "Distribution: world" since this news group >> will go everywhere... > >Thank you, Emily Postnews. >Please use the SMALLEST distribution available that reaches your >target audience. Items of interest only to US readers (or autos >for sale in New Jersey, etc.) should not go to world! > > -=EPS=- Mind you, I get annoyed because I miss postings in various groups which everyone else is replying to. I've been figuring that people are distributing to usa, and leaving the great white north out :-(. -- Chris Hitchcock, Dept. of Psychology | chris@psych.toronto.edu University of Toronto, | hitchcoc@vm.utcs.utoronto.ca Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M5S 1A1 | <insert chickadee about here> ____________________________________________________________________