Apronyms
Apronyms => Apronym Creation => Topic started by: Jeff Anonymous on May 26, 2003, 02:36:24 PM
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SSH
Superb System Handler
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Here are some not very good ones while I watch the 'minutes remaining' counter on the Windows copy dialogue steadily increase.
SSH
Silent! Someone'll Hear!
(that's Ssh, short for shush or sshhh!)
SSH
Sneakily Shaking Hands
(I don't know a whole lot about ssh except how to use it, but I guess there's some kind of handshake involved, and it's secure/sneaky)
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PROTOCOLS
Procedures Rigidly Observed To Obviate Crassness Or Looking Stupid
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Server Mauled The Postie?
Thinking especially of an SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server running Yellow Dog Linux, since SMTP is sort of like a postman, and posties often get mauled by dogs.
Send Messages To People
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HTTP
Here's That Titled Page
People seem to think that "www.co.nz" is the 'name' of a page, rather than the 'address'.
TCP/IP
To Connect Properly, Install Properly
POP
Porn's Offered Plentifully
(I get more junk mail than stuff I want to read)
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TCP/IP
To Connect Properly, Install Properly
Great advice!
POP
Porn's Offered Plentifully
(I get more junk mail than stuff I want to read)
On a similar vein... much of the spam I receive promises to Prolong One's Penis. Which is why I found this letter to New Scientist amusing.
More spam, please
New Scientist vol 178 issue 2395 - 17 May 2003, page 25
New Scientist readers are concerned about their email boxes being bombarded with spam, and the need for better filters (3 May, p 24). However, they seem to have overlooked the benefits to be gained from all these spam messages. For instance, I have been accepting all offers made to me by email since the beginning of this year, and my penis is now 43 metres long.
Rod Paris
Kidlington, Oxfordshire, UK
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TELNET
The Easy Lane - Not Even Tricky
(Reflecting on the lack in Telnet of the encryption found in ssh)
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TELNET
To Email, Learn Numbered, Esoteric Tetrads
I occasionally check my email using a telnet client, and the necessary POP commands mostly have four letters and a number after them. (I suppose 'To Email' more implies sending mail, but SMTP commands aren't numbered)
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HTTP: How They Transfer Pages