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Grorgy:
SNAFU has always seemed like a fine comment on the world in general at just about all times and places. ;)
40hz:
SNAFU has always seemed like a fine comment on the world in general at just about all times and places. ;)
-Grorgy (July 19, 2008, 06:23 PM)
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SNAFUs frequently turn out to be JOOTTs.
From the Information Security Glossary:
JOOTT
Pronounced 'Jute'; it stands for 'Just One Of Those Things'. Sooner or later every organisation/user will run into problems which are not amenable to logical or technical solutions, or even plain common sense. JOOTT is used to describe those inexplicable computer problems which fix themselves, or are fixed by turning off the machine and restarting, or in more persistent cases, reinstalling the software.
[If] Nobody knows what caused the problem, or why it went away, it was JOOTT!
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edit by jgpaiva: fixed color tag
Deozaan:
SNAFU has been dated back as far as 1941 and FUBAR back to 1944 (both US Army slang now in general use)
-Carol Haynes (July 19, 2008, 05:22 PM)
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I remember playing a video game 20 years ago on the Intellivision called SNAFU. I had no idea what it meant, but even today I have fond memories of steering my snake/worm thing around trying not to get trapped in a corner or have my tail eaten off. I can even remember the music. Just goes to show how commonplace that (rather obscene (for kids)) term has become since it was originally coined.
cranioscopical:
SNAFU has been dated back as far as 1941 and FUBAR back to 1944 (both US Army slang now in general use)
-Carol Haynes (July 19, 2008, 05:22 PM)
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I remember playing a video game 20 years ago on the Intellivision called SNAFU. I had no idea what it meant, but even today I have fond memories of steering my snake/worm thing around trying not to get trapped in a corner or have my tail eaten off. I can even remember the music. Just goes to show how commonplace that (rather obscene (for kids)) term has become since it was originally coined.
-Deozaan (July 20, 2008, 07:54 PM)
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It's interesting that what started as a descriptive phrase has entered the language as a noun.
40hz:
This word just in!
Microsoft promises data corruption fix in final Home Server Power Pack
By Nate Mook, BetaNews
July 21, 2008, 4:13 PM
7 months of beta testing later, Microsoft is finally ready to say it has squashed the data corruption bug that has plagued Windows Home Server since its launch last year, releasing the final build of Power Pack 1 to existing customers and OEMs.
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