Cia : computer industry acronyms
cd-rom : consumer device, rendered obsolete in months
pcmcia : people can’t memorize computer industry acronyms
isdn : it still does nothing
scsi : system can’t see it
mips : meaningless indication of processor speed
dos : defunct operating system
windows : will install needless data on whole system
os/2 : obsolete soon, too
pnp : plug and pray
apple : arrogance produces profit-losing entity
ibm : i blame microsoft
microsoft : most intelligent customers realize our software only fools teenagers
cobol : completely obsolete business oriented language
lisp : lots of insipid and stupid parentheses
macintosh : most applications crash; if not, the operating system hangs
aaaaa : american association against acronym abuse.
wysiwymgiyrrlaagw : what you see is what you might get if you’re really really lucky and all goes well.