jexe (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} jexe) wrote,@ 2005-03-04 17:23:00 |
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Namespace problem
Last year, back when I thought it was sort of cool to have a demiband (Cloud Full of Clowns) that had the same acronym as an ozone-depleting refrigerant, when I stumbled upon a white supremacist group called Caucasians for Caucasians. What a terrifying mixup that would be, though we haven't received any of their mail yet that I know of.
Last week I ran upon another one online: CFC Servants of the Lord! Couples for Christ. As it turns out, a pretty decent Filipino electronic musician is a member. Argh. fwiw, there are a few more as well. TLAs are a naming disaster. Just don't do it.
"There are only 17,000 three-letter acronyms."
- Paul Boutin -- 1989, on what he believed would be the biggest computing problem we'd face in the 90's.
Last year, back when I thought it was sort of cool to have a demiband (Cloud Full of Clowns) that had the same acronym as an ozone-depleting refrigerant, when I stumbled upon a white supremacist group called Caucasians for Caucasians. What a terrifying mixup that would be, though we haven't received any of their mail yet that I know of.
Last week I ran upon another one online: CFC Servants of the Lord! Couples for Christ. As it turns out, a pretty decent Filipino electronic musician is a member. Argh. fwiw, there are a few more as well. TLAs are a naming disaster. Just don't do it.
"There are only 17,000 three-letter acronyms."
- Paul Boutin -- 1989, on what he believed would be the biggest computing problem we'd face in the 90's.
