Asking a favor

[Fred Ridder]

It's a result of the deadline factor and the "I can't get anybody
to review my docs" syndrome. I'll likely be working through the
weekend, so i't not really Friday for me. Sigh.


>From: Bill Briggs <web at nbnet.nb.ca>
>To: "Fred Ridder" <docudoc at hotmail.com>
>CC: framers at lists.frameusers.com, framers at omsys.com
>Subject: Re: Asking a favor
>Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 16:28:17 -0400
>
>Now don't go get all serious on me. It's Friday afternoon.
>
>At 3:07 PM -0500 2/2/07, Fred Ridder wrote:
> >If I'm writing a technical document (i.e. writing on a technical topic),
> >I might need to refer to the semiconductor type, but I am exceedingly
> >unlikely to ever refer to a style manual.
> >
> >If I am writing about the practice of technical writing, on the other
> >hand, it's pretty unlikely that I will ever have to refer to types of
> >semiconductors, and if I do I will certainly know to expand the
> >acronym.
> >
> >>From: Bill Briggs <web at nbnet.nb.ca>
> >>To: framers at lists.frameusers.com, framers at omsys.com
> >>Subject: Re: Asking a favor
> >>Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 15:28:57 -0400
> >>
> >>... and breed further confusion with CMOS, which means Complementary 
>Metal Oxide Semiconductor, and is commonly seen in tech writing.
> >>
> >>- web
> >>
> >>At 2:03 PM -0500 2/2/07, Fred Ridder wrote:
> >>>Chicago Manual of Style is often abbreviated CMoS to avoid this
> >>>confusion.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>From: Stuart Rogers <srogers at phoenix-geophysics.com>
> >>>>CC: framers at lists.frameusers.com, framers at omsys.com
> >>>>Subject: Re: Asking a favor
> >>>>Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:51:40 -0500
> >>>>
> >>>>Grant Hogarth wrote:
> >>>>>CMS = "Content Management System" (Not always equal to "Contentment
> >>>>>management system" <g>)
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Unless the topic is style guides, in which case it's the Chicago 
>Manual of Style...
> >>>>
> >>>>--
> >>>>Stuart Rogers
> >>>>Technical Communicator
> >>>>Phoenix Geophysics Limited
> >>>>Toronto, ON, Canada
> >>>>+1 (416) 491-7340 x 325
> >>>>
> >>>>srogers phoenix-geophysics com
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