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Subject:RE: When a "shim" is not a "shim" (an aside) From:Gordon Mclean <gordon -dot- mclean -at- mclarenkvisia -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 16 Apr 2003 15:48:13 +0100
Depends on the circumstances I guess.
One of our (written by a consultant) documents includes the now legendary
command that "PRODUCTX users should use hash."
(Hash = slang term for marijuana)
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> Or... for the marketing bods - give it a longer name and use the
> abbreviation: Dynamic Thingy Option = D.T.O.
I'm not sure the company would want to counsel customers to
touch their Thingy.
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