[conspire] (forw) Re: Acronym expansion, taking pity on the general reader

[Michael Paoli]

Yep, ... a few from work contexts - some newer and/or current,
some older.
RCS - me thinks:
https://manpages.debian.org/stable/rcs/rcs.1.en.html
but they mean:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Communication_Services
PCB (used internally but widely at work),
me thinks:
Are you talking Printed Circuit Board,
or Polychlorinated Biphenyl?
SLA (used internally but widely at work),
me thinks:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbionese_Liberation_Army
(those of age to well remember the Patty Hearst kidnapping will remember)
Etc.
(e.g. FERC.gov vs. FERC.org, etc.)

And, yes, too, BLM, I tend to think:
Bureau of Land Management

> From: "Rick Moen" <rick at linuxmafia.com>
> Subject: [conspire] (forw) Re:  Acronym expansion, taking pity on  
> the general reader
> Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 08:32:33 -0700

> Doubtless intended to be posted.  (Paul, I _still_ have that brief
> 'Bureau of Land Management, WTF?' moment whenever I see 'BLM' mentioned
> without explanatory context.)
>
> ----- Forwarded message from "paulz at ieee.org" <paulz at ieee.org> -----
>
> Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 15:06:37 +0000 (UTC)
> From: "paulz at ieee.org" <paulz at ieee.org>
> To: Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com>
> Subject: Re: [conspire] Acronym expansion, taking pity on the general reader
> Reply-To: "paulz at ieee.org" <paulz at ieee.org>
>
>  A different example of an acronym out of context.  
> A few months ago, I turned on the news.  It was in the middle of a  
> story.  Almost the first "word" I heard was  BLM.  
>
> My mind went immediately to an event of a couple years back when  
> some "free thinking" ranchers took over a place belonging to the  
> Bureau of Land Management.   It took a while before I figured out  
> that the