Open source vs. Open wife
Rich Edelman
edelman at speedscript.com
Fri Jan 17 21:14:15 CST 2003
QRM, eh? On another list I'm on, SHOtimes (for owners and fans of the Taurus
SHO), our acronym is AWA, for Audible Warning Alarm, which usually means the
significant other sitting in the passenger seat screaming "slow it down!
you're going to get us killed!" hehe.
Rich
On Friday 17 January 2003 02:28 pm, zscoundrel wrote:
> Ham Radio has a series of 'Q' codes which are short hand for different
> situations. (Like the '10' codes police and fire dept use)
>
> QRN is shorthand for noise that is generated by natural conditions,
> lightning, static hiss, cosmic rays, stuff like that.
>
> QRM is shorthand for human generated noise, and my wife has an amazing
> capacity for generating noise - usually when I am trying to concentrate
> on solving a complicated technical problem. (grin)
>
> Leonard, Phil wrote:
> > QRM is ham radio talk for "interference".
> >
> >
> >
> > To zscoundrel: QRM generator?
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