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Comment Re:Get acronyms right (Score 1) 42

I know this is a troll comment, but for anyone genuinely curious, writing word-pronounceable acronyms as words is the BBC's default style. From https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnewsstyleguide%2Fall%2F%23a:

Where you would normally pronounce the abbreviation as a string of letters - an initialism - use all capitals with no full stops or spaces (eg FA, UNHCR). However, our style is to use lower case with an initial cap for acronyms where you would normally pronounce the set of letters as a word (eg Sars, Mers, Aids, Nafta, Nasa, Opec, Apec).

There are a few exceptions:

  • The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is capped up ie NICE
  • The UK Independence Party is capped up ie UKIP
  • Strategic Health Authority becomes SHA ("Sha" looks like a typo)
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder becomes SAD ("Sad" would be confusing).

For names with initials, we avoid full stops and spaces (ie JK Rowling and WH Smith).

When abbreviating a phrase, rather than a name or title, use lower case (ie lbw, mph).

Pretty annoying that they don't include periods in "e.g." and "i.e."; pretty amusing that they misuse "i.e." in both instances here.

Comment Re:Confusing branding for gamers (Score 1) 116

From the Wikipedia article the parent linked:

Earlier in 2015, game packs and other DLC became unavailable for Xbox 360.[4] Currently as of November 2015, it is not possible to download or re-download the content[5] and there have been reports of users not being able to access the games even when they had purchased them.

Classic Microsoft -- games that can be PlayedForSure!

Comment Fixed in 10.10.5, 10.11.6, 10.12 -- NOT just 10.12 (Score 4, Informative) 88

Because the summary and both articles are ambiguous, I was confused what was meant by "latest system updates." For anyone else wondering, this vulnerability was patched in Yosemite, El Capitan, and Sierra -- not just Sierra. See under "System Boot" heading here: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupport.apple.com%2Fen-us%2FHT207275.

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