Re: DNF Article

Glen Rundblom <glen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> · Sun, 08 Feb 2015 16:47:49 -0600



    Thanks Bryan, and everyone else. 

    
    I have made changes to the post the best I could understand from the
    feedback I received. More feedback is always helpful as I am
    learning the interface as well as trying to make the content of the
    article technical yet pleasurable to read for the casual reader.

    
    Thank you,

    -Glen

    
    On 02/08/2015 03:26 PM, Bryan
      Sutherland wrote:

    
        Well,
          now that things have calmed down, I did not mention it to
          start a war, it was really just an amusing observation that
          I'd made when I saw the thread (which is the only reason I
          mentioned it).  Glen, thanks for the article, I haven't really
          used DNF yet and any help will be beneficial since the
          behaviours of thing can drastically in a few cases compared to
          yum. 

          
        Lastly,
          no NASCAR here, I'm in Canada... Not enough traction on the
          ice >LOL<

          
        Bryan

        
        On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 4:12 PM, Stephen
          John Smoogen <smooge@xxxxxxxxx>
          wrote:

          
                On 7 February
                    2015 at 15:44, Máirín Duffy <duffy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
                    wrote:

                    
                        I asked if it was a NASCAR thing bc if DNF
                          means did not finish, it must have something
                          to do with racing. I have a lot of experience
                          in running and the leagues and road races I've
                          ran in never used the term afaik. I have also
                          watched the Boston Marathon in person more
                          than once and I've never heard the term. So I
                          thought maybe it was from auto racing, and I
                          thought Bryan was from NC where NASCAR is
                          quite popular so maybe it is a regional term.
                          There was no negative connotation meant by
                          asking if it was associated with NASCAR, I was
                          just grasping at straws since I'd never heard
                          of it.
                        

                  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Did_Not_Finish

                  
                  I have seen it in horse racing and car racing in
                    many forms. 
                  

                  Does it have bad connotations? Yes but if you go
                    look for how people will make up bad connotations
                    for any letter combination (First Out on Race Day,
                    Garbage Machine, Infernal Bowel Movement, Cheesey
                    Data Corporation, etc.) The best way to deal with it
                    is know that it has one and then make fun of it
                    before the other guys do.
                  
                     
                        Either way it really seems like racing
                          jargon to me, not part of the general lexicon,
                          and not really a concern. If it is a concern
                          the correct place to bring it up is with the
                          developers, not here. 
                        
                          
                -- 

                    
                      Stephen J Smoogen.

                        
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