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imho, the frequent use of imho is an attempt to hide arrogance.
imho, afaik is an attempt to hide belief that what you know is the only truth.
imho, both imho and afaik are less serious offenses than using obscurantist protologisms like "acronymic netiquette."
imho, the most distasteful techniques to engineer interest in a post by linguistic paradox are exhibited in this post.
p.s. since inappropriate sexual and scatological innuendo are so frequent in public forums, I do not mention them, here.
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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I hope you enjoyed your Lagavulin!
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BillWoodruff wrote: imho, the frequent use of imho is an attempt to hide arrogance.
otoh, otoh is often used to attempt to hide even greater arrogance than an other's ho imho
after many otherwise intelligent sounding suggestions that achieved nothing the nice folks at Technet said the only solution was to low level format my hard disk then reinstall my signature. Sadly, this still didn't fix the issue!
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 yes ! a pretence of indifference, or balanced opinion, disguising contempt.
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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isisa, but far worse are those who invent their own initialisms, and just assume that everyone understands them.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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wtm? rotflmto!
after many otherwise intelligent sounding suggestions that achieved nothing the nice folks at Technet said the only solution was to low level format my hard disk then reinstall my signature. Sadly, this still didn't fix the issue!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: far worse are those who invent their own initialisms
I hope Nelek doesn't see this 
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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BillWoodruff wrote: I hope Nelek doesn't see this
WTF? LMDAA
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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In other fora, if you make any statement whatsoever that is not an Indisputable Absolute Fact, you will immediately have three to five guys yelling at you: That is just your d*** opinion! Don't present it as a fact! Others may think differently!
You have this yelling even if the context clearly indicates that the statement is a personal reaction or opinion. If I say that "J.S. Bach was the greatest composer of all times", any reasonably witted person would know that this is my opinion, not 100% neutral Fact. But in some fora, the statement is invalid. Whether I use imho or spell it out, "In my opinion, J.S.Bach was the greatest composer of all times", every opinion must be guarded this way. Not too long ago, I stated two opinions, in the same paragraph. The first one was guarded; for the second one, I didn't repeat the guard that started the paragraph. Yet I was attacked for presenting personal opinions as if they were facts.
So, in some fora, the style is prefix any judgement, opinion or other reference to non-Absolute-Facts with ihmo or similar guard. But it variaes from one forum to the other.
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If you really want to trigger people who troll you for what is clearly an opinion, just respond, "When I'm right, I don't care about your opinion."
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Hmm. Are these symbols lexically taxonomied in a tome called the Netacronymicon?(*)
:rim-shot:
(*)with apologies to H.P.L.
Software Zen: delete this;
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bonus points awarded for creating a portmanteau !
Gary R. Wheeler wrote: Netacronymicon
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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This thread reminds me of when, while driving around with the kids, we used to play I-Spy. After a short while basic clues got too easy so we graduated to things like "PIFATSOTR". This, obviously, is for "pylon in field at the side of the road".
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YMMV but IMHO IMHO and AFAIK are a PITA. OTOH, WGAF? ROFLWTSDF.
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That's not unique to acronyms though. It's entirely possible to be arrogant while pretending to care about the other party in a fully-fledged sentence. Just like with any other form of speech, acronyms can be used for good or bad.
Heck, one of the last times I spoke with my mather, she followed the usual "how to make sure the other side feels cared abut"-advice to the letter. Meaning she followed the form and form only.
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Member 9167057 wrote: It's entirely possible to be arrogant while pretending to care about the other party in a fully-fledged sentence.
No one has ever dared to imply any sentence I write is not arrogant
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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I can't come up with a witty follow-up, but I'd like to commend on a good one!
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FWIW, There's always cultural differences in the meanings of these things, like, this (with a UK flavor):
Fracken' Weird Idea, Wanker
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It will be mist.
“The palest ink is better than the best memory.” - Chinese Proverb
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Not entirely; part of it became coffee, and has since passed
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I try to develop few utility tools using Win32 in C++. try to get deeper understanding to few API calls.
any advice and tips to share?
diligent hands rule....
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I'm trying to make the link between your subject line and the actual message content.
If you're looking for API references, the online docs are probably still your best bet - at this point even the very last MSDN disc that got pressed is now horribly out of date. I've sent the few thousands I still had for recycling a few years ago.
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I kept the binder as a reminder of all the money I blew.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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Nobody wanted the discs when the company I worked for was acquired by a bigger fish and our local office subsequently got shut down. That was back when MS made everything available on CD/DVD, including all available languages.
Like you, I've kept the various binder types they came up with over the years--they're still useful. I also kept a small subset of the more unique discs, like the final 16-bit Platform Archive they had created in the early 2000s, as well as the very first MSDN release (from 1995, I believe, which fit on something like 14 CDs). I may still have "the very last of everything" somewhere. But I had tons of duplicates. No point in hanging onto those.
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dandy72 wrote: I've sent the few thousands I still had for recycling
To AOL?
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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