ASB: Alien Space Bats: Often used to set up alternate history scenarios for discussion. For example "Say the ASBs trip George Washington's horse in 1776 and Washington dies. What happens to the American Revolution?" There are few limits to the powers of the Alien Space Bat. To ISOT <some area or person>: To transport an area or group of people to the past or the future. "Let's say the ASBs ISOT Elizabethan Great Britain back to 40 A.D. What happens?"

Nothing has done more to increase the use of acronyms in common conversation like USENET. Some of the ones you're most likely to run into on alt.tv.sentinel are:

Absolutely...head, tail, body...the whole thing! Just be sure to check inside the fish for any hook that may have been forgotten to be removed. Fish is not a substitute for an RMB meal, but it can be fed a couple of times a week. One reason for this is the thiaminase enzyme in fish...it destroys thimaine (Vitamin B1). Fish especially rich in thiaminase are herring, capelin, suckers, smelts and various carp species, a total of some 50 species, most of which live in fresh water.

quot;Dictionary for Parents of Children with Disabilities" (in PDF format, you need Adobe Acrobat to read it) at http://www.usd.edu/cd/dictionary/. A shorter "Glossary and Guide to Acronyms" (also in PDF) by Leslie Packer, Ph.D. is at http://www.tourettesyndrome.net/Files/acronyms_edu.pdf. A short webpage of "Acronyms Used in Special Education, Disabilities, Tests, Therapy and Other Related Terminology" can be found at http://uniquelygifted.org/acronyms.htm

CBC and CFC = Childfree By Choice, meaning we really Really want no children. Most people who post to alt.support.childfree are not only proud of being CBC, we're smug about it. The following terms may appear in message headers, to help categorize messages. If you use these terms in your messages headers when appropriate, many people who just skim the newsgroup will appreciate it. XP = crosspost, between alt.support.childfree and alt.support.childfree.moderated.

If you find yourself stumbling over weird acronyms in a real estate listing, don't be alarmed. There is method to the madness of this shorthand (which is mostly adopted by sellers to save money in advertising charges). Here are some abbreviations and the meaning of each, taken from a recent newspaper classified section: expansion pot'l - may be extra space on the lot, or possibly vertical potential for a top floor or room addition.

There are many acronyms and abbreviations that serve as short hand for the people who manage the Internet. Most of them are about technical standards and protocols and people don't need to know what they mean, just what they do. The key ones for domain name registration are DNS (Domain Name Service), DNC (Domain Name Commissioner) and NZRS (New Zealand Registry Services). A list of acronyms used in this document is available in the Appendix.

IDSA (Industrial Designers Society of America, like the AIA for product designers) ADC (Allied Design Council, an Atlanta based multidisciplinary design group) ASD (Association for Software Design, well..., briefly) ACM (Association for Computing Machinery, geek UI design stuff) SPE (Society of Plastics Engineers. Yup, I used to be authoritative about polymer chemistry) FSSNOC (Four Stroke Singles National Owners Club. Thumpers rule!) AMA (American Motorcylist Association)

A glossary of the project terms has been created to explain the acronyms, groups, agencies, and bridge terms used in the project documents and this web site. There is also further information about the groups and agencies on the Who's Involved page.

No, most staff are volunteers or are poorly/modestly paid. Directors on the Boards of cryonics organizations receive no pay at all. Most people working for cryonics organizations do so because they want to be cryopreserved themselves. Cryonicists are building their own lifeboats.

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (SBG) owns most of the facilities of WVAH Fox 11. The broadcast license is held by Glencairn, LTD. Sinclair Broadcast Group operates WVAH Fox 11 under a Local Management Agreement. SBG owns WCHS-TV and their license. Since both stations are owned or managed by the same company you get more than either station alone can provide since both stations work together. We are digital (DTV) now! We provide our full power DTV signal 24 hours a day.

PNF: the Pages of Now and Forever. A fan-run web site for everything Star Control. As such, an excellent resource for UQM players. PR3: Paul Reiche III, The plot and story man for Star Control 1 & 2 and other fine games from TFB. Also, the voice of the talking pet. SC: Star Control. The game which spawned a sequel that caused all this. Name is a play-on-words from a previous game that PR3 worked on, Archon.