Klarinet Archive - Posting 000290.txt from 2000/10

From: BEresman@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Just wondering ...(TANSTAAFL)
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 08:27:31 -0400

>--- Mark Charette <charette@-----.org> wrote:
>
> TANSTAAFL
>
And Neil wrote:
>
>What does that mean again? I've already forgotten. I seem
>to remember there being a short thread on the subject not very
>long ago, with somebody or other posting a specious explanation,
>and eventually these letters turned out to be an acronym for
>something. What is the expansion?

And subsequently got an answer. My only addition is that there is a
website for the vernacular-challenged (like me):

http://www.netlingo.com/

This gives brief explanations of a lot of acronyms used on the net.
Although, i might add, the further explanations we get here (e.g. regarding
Heinlein) add a lot for me.

Brent Eresman
YSI Precision Temperature

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