Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Reply settings on this list have changed

       How old do you think engineering is?
           granted this term existed, yet the definition has changed
post-industrialization.

       Here are a couple sites which seem to be fairly accurate
historically -

           http://www.creatingtechnology.org/history.htm


http://www.streetdirectory.com/travel_guide/192894/careers_and_job_hunting/a_brief_history_of_engineering.html

       Also, what you described would not have been necessary until the age
of middle-managers - ca. mid 20C, post WWII



On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Jay Lozier <jslozier@gmail.com> wrote:

On 08/16/2012 10:50 AM, anne-ology wrote:
> >         brilliantly said.
> >
> >         And may I add this use of acronyms is silly ... are we supposed to
> > memorize each new one  ???
> >            here's supposedly a complete listing -
> > http://www.all-acronyms.com/
> >
> >         Yes, growing up pre-computers was different from you post-computer
> > youngsters, but bear in mind that using acronyms confuses the
> > communication
> > since many of these are duplicates  ;-)
> I should have noted that RFC and the related RFQ (request for quotation)
> are very old engineering acronyms (pre PC) used to describe stages in
> project development. RFC is asking the reviewers to review a draft
> proposal/design/specifications prior to formally finalizing the design.
> Reviewers may be any interested party involved in the project. There may
> not be a formal RFC issued of the complete design/proposal/specifications
> but various interested parties are often asked to review at least parts of
> the design.  RFQ is formally asking vendors to bid on the finalized
> specifications.
>
> > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 2:11 AM, Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Hi :)
> >
> > > Bottom posting is a good way to alienate most of the target
> > > market-shares that LO needs to break into.  Many new people are
> > > completely unaware that there is any other way of posting other than
> > > top-posting because top posting is so widespread.
> > >
> > > Also there are a ridiculous number of rules, such as how and when to
> > > snip,
> > > that
> > > makes it more time consuming and difficult for new people that have
> > > only joined the list to deal with one or 2 specific questions, not to
> > > change their entire life-style.
> > >
> > > How about we 1st get the world using LibreOffice and THEN start opening
> > > people to new ways of doing things?
> > >
> > > Oh and this new way of having to use "Reply to all" instead of "Reply" is
> > > brilliant!  It makes it more difficult to keep things on-list and more
> > > difficult for new arrivals to the list.  Perfect!!
> > > Regards from
> > > Tom :)

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