No because you pre judge people as being prejudice...
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Corry, forgive me, but wo0t!!!!!!!!!!!!!core_17 said:I'm guessing since his location is "western Iraq" that he's still in the military!
core_17 said:That's nipplenet, silly!
hobbes28 said:No because you pre judge people as being prejudice...
I understand the goal, And i'm sorry if I sound like i'm being incensitive, but this just sounds very prejudice? If that's the right word.
PetersCreek said:But then, I just might by FUBAR which is often SNAFU for me. But FWIW, IIRC, a lot of ppl have that prob IMHO so plz don't LOL @ me. YMMV. TTFN. BBL.
PetersCreek said:Just to nipperpick...er...nitpick about particular military acronyms. LASER is an interesting acronym. It's technically proper to spell it out in all uppercase letters since, as is the case with acronyms, each letter stands for a word...Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. However, it's become so ingrained in the language it's most often treated much as any other word, being spelled as Laser or laser and and is even modified as the verb to laze.
I can think of a good reason for using the term "Directed Energy Weapons" as opposed to lasers. Not all lasers are DEWs and vice versa. MASERs (Microwave Amplification by...) and particle beam devices can also be used as DEWs, although lasers are probably more often used.
I maintained avionic sensor systems (such as Pave Spike and Pave Tack) for the first 12 years of my USAF career. Many of these systems employed lasers to determine precise ranges to ground targets, and by their reflection, direct laser-guide ordnance with accuracy. This and other more mundane uses are far more common than spiffy-gee-whiz DEWs.
Now as for military acronyms in general...they may seem crazy or nonsensical to you but they serve an important purpose. When widley understood in their area of use, they make for succinct but effective communication. If it can be pronounced as a word of sorts, rather than a string of letters, so much the better. Why say Target Identification System, Electro-Optical when TISEO (tizz-ee-oh) will do?
Of course, using such jargon with someone that doesn't share a common core of experience and/or knowledge is more of a hindrance to effective communication. But then, a lot of folks forget themselves and use jargon that's become second nature after many years of immersion in it: doctors, lawyers, rappers, auto mechanics, IT and other computer folks, etc. I hardly think such common miscommunication hardly qualifies as "retardedly stupid."
But then, I just might by FUBAR which is often SNAFU for me. But FWIW, IIRC, a lot of ppl have that prob IMHO so plz don't LOL @ me. YMMV. TTFN. BBL.