Question

[Paul King]

A look on Google suggests that IHBT stands for "Institute of Himalayan 
Bioresource Technology", but I suspect that the writer intended it to say "I 
have been there". "HAND" appears to stand for "Have a nice day".

Could we please make English the official language of this list? These idiotic 
acronyms are used by other people to assure themselves of how hip and cool they 
are. So that if I don't know what HAND stands for (a pun!), I must be out of 
the loop. It's dumb. Techies, who are already hip and cool, ought to have no 
need for obscure acronyms outside of the usual ones to assure themselves of 
their sophistication.

Paul King

Date sent:      	Sat, 28 Feb 2004 07:54:23 -0500
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> On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 21:58:42 -0500
> Stephen Allen disseminated the following:
> 
> > Who has been? What a confusing thread...
> 
> HAND? YHBT? I have no freakin' idea what the hell is goin' on here.
> 
> Maybe more acid will help, gimme a minute ;-)
> 
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