Date:         Wed, 16 Jan 2002 15:19:48 -0800
Reply-To:     "William W. Viergever" <wwvierg@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         "William W. Viergever" <wwvierg@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Spammed?
Comments: To: Jack Hamilton <JackHamilton@FIRSTHEALTH.COM>
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At 03:40 PM 1/16/2002 -0700, Jack Hamilton wrote:
>I don't read Korean, but it appears that
>
>
><http://www.sas.com/offices/asiapacific/korea/magazine/2000_1/college1.htm>
>
>(a SAS Institute web site) says that SAS stands for Strategic
>Analytical System.


Cute - how long did it take you to find that? <g>

(is it just me or do all these double-byte thingies make your browser crawl?)



But now we have a conundrum, for the SUGI Presentation Guidelines (page 7) 
state that:


• SAS is no longer considered an acronym for anything.

further, the Guidelines also points out:

• Never refer to the product or company as S-A-S, pronouncing each letter. 
Instead, the
   name is simply one syllable and rhymes with “lass.”


Lass? ... me thinks they'd fail at charades!

(either that, or it must have been an English proof-writer .... David? <g>)






>--
>JackHamilton@FirstHealth.com
>Development Manager
>METRICS Department, First Health
>West Sacramento, California USA
>
>
> >>> Knada <knada@ACESAG.AUBURN.EDU> 01/16/2002 1:27 PM >>>
>Ron:
>
>you are right, a few head-hunters are Clue Less..
>and have no idea of what SAS programming is about!!.
>Not too long, I saw a job advertisement in monster.com ( may be some
>others in this list might have seen too) with the Title : "Wanted
>Experienced SAS Programer" and in the body of the text...
>
>it read as, " at least three years of experience in STRATEGIC
>ANALYTICAL
>SYSTEM PROGRAMING skills"
>there you go...
>
>
>Nada Nadarajah
>
>"Fehd, Ronald J." wrote:
> >
> >
> > ah, yes, the ClueLess.
> > I got this one, too.
> >
> > The most famous story I remember was a head-hunter looking for folks
>with
> > MARCOS
> > experience.
> >
> > The specs did not include 'good poofreading skills';
> > go figure.
> >
> > Ron Fehd  the macros maven  CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2@cdc.gov
> > ..............^^^^^^
> > Bureaucracy at its worst is better than bureaucracy at its best
> > -- Plato, in Beetle Bailey comic strip, 1985Mar01

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