RE: completely off-topic question...

Here's a piece of trivia I just picked up this week while watching "The Ultimate 10 Technological Failures." According to the show the first official transmission of "SOS" was issued by the captain of the Titanic after it hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic.

Now I fear the day when an Internet meltdown makes it to the list. Men are such imperfect creators.

"Paranoia runs deep..."
Steve Orr

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Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 8:22 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Main Entry: SOS
Pronunciation: "es-(")O-'es
Function: noun
Date: 1910
1 : an internationally recognized signal of distress in radio code · · · - - - · · · used especially by ships calling for help 2 : a call or request for help or rescue ----- Original Message -----
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 9:40 AM

now i thought it meant 'Same Old Sh*t' or what we would have for breakfast in the corp 'Sh*t on Shingle' :)

>>> lyudah_at_home.com 08/03/01 08:51AM >>>
This Is a simple one: BTW-bye the way.

I visited www.acronymfinder.com. Here is something I wanted to share. /SOS [not an acronym] a common misconception is that SOS means Save Our Ship/Souls (a distress call); the letters don't actually stand for anything./

I always wanted to know what SOS really meant. It is not an acronym at all. Cool site.

• Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 4:56 AM

> ROFL - rolling on the floor laughing
>
> I believe there actually is a web site somewhere that keeps track of these
> acronyms.
>
> Patrice Boivin
> Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Babette Turner-Underwood [SMTP:babattt_at_home.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 2:25 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Re: completely off-topic question...
>
> Or Happy To Help ...
>
> Also ... YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary (this took me FOREVER to
> guess)
> LOL - laughing out loud
> RTM - read the manual
> RTFM - read the Fine manual
> IMHO - in my humble opinion OR in my honest opinion
> OT - Off topic
>
> Babette
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 1:02 AM
>
>
> > hope this helps
> >
> > hth
> >
> > yosi
> >
> >
> > Michael wrote:
> >
> > > ...which means it's probably going to start a great big thread
> :) I
> > > see a lot of emails with HTH on them, seemingly some sort of way
> to
> > > say "thankyou" or something... as they're always at the end of
> > > somebodies message right before they sign off their name.. I
> have
> > > pondered, and pondered as to what HTH could stand for, could
> somebody
> > > be so kind as to fill me in ? Thanks,Michael.
> >
> > --
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Yosi
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------
> > Yosi Greenfield
> > Oracle Certified DBA
> > ygreenfield_at_compuserve.com
> >

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