Speaking of IBM engineering WTF's
I believe way back, during the engineering and subsequent sales of IBM
XT's, the engineering diagrams, and even some user documentation, shows
a device within the machine called an AMD.
AMD stands for Air Movement Device, or, 'Fan'
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RE: I wonder what inspired that IBM engineer?
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RE: Phear my m4d sk1llz
I wish I could cite some examples off the top of my head here, but.. I
have seen this kind of destruction make it into advertising and
branding. There are cars now with numbers in the model name, used to
replace letters. Advertising, especially those ads on the sides of
busses, with this kind of rubbish too.
I am at home with the occasional use of this language because it can be
funny (although normally at the expense of those who continually use
it). And I am guilty of typing things like: "hey guys sup" in IRC,
dropping caps, shortening words to slang, and avoiding punctiuation [:O]
But there is a point where all legibility falls off, and thankfully the
kind of forums and channels I frequent will draw the line at this and
boot the offender until they are ready to communicate in the locally
accepted language.
If I do see some of these silly advertising examples, I'll be sure to
post them for all to enjoy. They really make me mad, and I need to
share the pain :P