Posted by: rassyndrome on: September 8, 2008
Market Watch
Live CBS/TNT network (Turner Network Television Network) coverage of the tournament itself.
Spelman College
Contributors to iReport.com also may gain recognition by having the material they submit to the site – once vetted and approved for use – appear on a CNN network (Cable News Network Network) or CNN.com.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
You will need a computer with an IEEE 802.11b/g or IEEE 802.11b wireless LAN network (Local Area Network Network) card and network browser.
University of California, Irvine
He has also participated in the 2005 State of the Black Union hosted by Tavis Smiley airing on the CSPAN network (Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network).
Posted by: rassyndrome on: September 7, 2008
NCI-Frederick Scientific Library
The server then sends the mail to your addressee’s computer, usually by means of the SMTP protocol (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Protocol).
When somebody sends you mail, other computers use the SMTP protocol to deliver the mail to your POP server.
State University of New York at Buffalo
Using Outlook via the internet HTTP protocol (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Protocol)
[Ed.- Non-acronym redundancy is beyond the scope of this blog. Still, I cannot help but wonder how one would go about configuring Outlook via the non-internet HTTP Protocol]
Step 3: Configure Outlook to connect using the HTTP protocol.
People have used FTP clients to upload, download, and share files over the internet for years, and though the FTP protocol (File Transfer Protocol Protocol) continues to age, it’s still commonly used all over the world.
National Institute of Standards and Technology
The DHCP protocol (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) allows a host which is unknown to the network administrator to be automatically assigned a new ip address out of a pool of ip addresses for its network.
Posted by: rassyndrome on: September 6, 2008
Department of Social and Family Affairs (Ireland, on a form that Irish citizens can fill out to receive benefits)
PPSN Number (Personal Public Service Number Number)
[Ed.- This is a somewhat unusual example, in that the headline avoids RAS Syndrome, but the article suffers from it. It's typically the other way around.]
Headline: Textbook Information Available On New Coop Web Site, But No ISBNs or Covers
Article: The Harvard Coop called the police on three Harvard University undergraduate students who were copying down ISBN numbers (International Standard Book Number Numbers) of textbooks for their own book Web site, according to The Crimson, the Harvard student newspaper. Previously, students had been asked to leave the Harvard Coop after writing down ISBN numbers and prices to find cheaper textbooks online.
Tobin said that the MIT site will provide ISBN numbers. “Libraries are all about open information sources,” she said.
Students taking these courses will be able to access the full MIT library citation, including the ISBN number, of the required textbooks.
Department of Education (United States) (Warning, PDF)
The ED PIN Registration System contains records about former, current and prospective students, and parents who apply for an ED PIN number (Personal Identification Number Number). The ED PIN number is used for identification purposes when PIN holders access other Department of Education Systems.
This information contained in this system will be used to generate and confirm PIN numbers for those individuals wishing to access various student financial assistance systems (including FAFSA, Access America and the Direct Loan Program) to obtain information about their personal records. The ED PIN number that is generated and stored by this system can be used by individuals to electronically sign various student aid applications including the FAFSA and the Renewal FAFSA, and to initiate loan deferments or forbearance.
District of Columbia Police Department
What Is a VIN Number (Vehicle Identification Number Number)?
Posted by: rassyndrome on: September 5, 2008
The UPC code (Uniform Product Code Code), which is primarily seen on trade and mass-market books, as well as general interest magazines, is used at retail store point-of-sale by non-book stores
The additional funding is allocated as follows: $7,000,000 only to support early integration of the JDAM munition (Joint Direct Attack Munition Munition) on the B-1 aircraft and $6,600,000 only for electronic countermeasures upgrade risk reduction activities.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Mary Dimke told the court the chains were required because Whitworth was trained in SWAT tactics (Special Weapons And Tactics Tactics) when he served with the Vestavia Hills, Ala., police.
National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center
The ftp protocol (File Transfer Protocol Protocol) is used by many NERSC users to transfer files to NERSC’s HPSS systems (High Performance Storage System Systems). For example, the client applications ftp and pftp both use the ftp protocol. The problem is that the ftp protocol sends the username and password across the internet in plain text.
Posted by: rassyndrome on: September 4, 2008
Statewide, anyone can apply and receive a CDL license (Commercial Driver’s License License) without proof of a clean bill of health.
Tiny R.I. GOP party (Grand Old Party Party) struggles in deep blue state
Higher operating vigilance was required for the commodity-based grid bricks. It was necessary to monitor the RAID array (Redundant Array of Inexpensive/Independent Disks Array) status daily, and resolve all problems as soon as they occurred. When multiple disk problems occur, RAID cannot recover and data is lost.
U.S. Rep Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)
“COOL labeling (Country of Origin Labeling Labeling) is more about consumer choice than consumer safety,” the 19th Congressional representative said.
Posted by: rassyndrome on: September 3, 2008
Edward Schafer, Secretary of Agriculture
“You know, if you look at the NAFTA agreement (North American Free Trade Agreement Agreement) today, Canada and Mexico, our two partners in that agreement, account for 28 cents out of every dollar in worldwide U.S. agriculture exports.”
Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT)
“And so, I support President Bush’s progress on this issue, and the SORT Treaty (Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty Treaty) itself, but I also call on the Bush Administration and my colleagues in the Senate to push for further action on this issue even as we enter into compliance with the Treaty of Moscow.”
Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
The labor provisions of the DR-CAFTA agreement (Dominican Republic – Central America Free Trade Agreement Agreement) instead used an “enforce your own laws” standard which is not included in any other area of the agreement.
In the DR-CAFTA agreement, the flawed labor provisions represent a real missed opportunity to spread the benefits of trade not just to the wealthy elites, but to the broader workforce as well.
There are other problems with the DR-CAFTA agreement.
The DR-CAFTA agreement negotiated by the President represents a missed opportunity in many respects, both for the DR-CAFTA nations and for the U.S.
While the GATS currently covers a broad range of services generally, including telecommunications and financial services, the scope and substance of the commitments under the GATS agreement (General Agreement on Trades in Services Agreement) should be widened to cover as much of the services sector as possible.
Posted by: rassyndrome on: September 2, 2008
Hartford Courant
Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man they say tried to break into an ATM machine (Automated Teller Machine Machine) at the CNG Employees Federal Credit Union.
You shred every document containing your details, you guard your pin number (Personal Identification Number Number) from shoulder surfers, and even your partner doesn’t know your bank log-on password.
LIUNA labor union (Laborers’ International Union of North America Labor Union) zeroes in on Buckeye subdivision in warning of ARM mortgage (Adjustable Rate Mortgage Mortgage) resets.
Shares of SJM, which went public on July 16, are down 10.7 percent from their IPO offering (Initial Public Offering Offering) price of HK$3.08, lagging a 2 percent increase in Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng Index .HSI.
Posted by: rassyndrome on: September 1, 2008
When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently ordered that state workers’ pay be cut to the minimum wage during stalled budget talks, Controller John Chiang said no–because there aren’t enough programmers who know the Cobol language (COmmon Business-Oriented Language Language) used in the state’s payroll software.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Objectives: The objectives of SARS-SP were to 1) disseminate and update SARS screening forms for ED triage, 2) establish surveillance for SARS syndrome (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Syndrome) elements by using Regional Emergency Medicine Internet (REMI), 3) expand surveillance to multiple regions, and 4) evaluate the usefulness of Internet tools for agile surveillance during a rapidly emerging global epidemic.
Methods: SARS-SP developed, distributed, and updated an Internet-based triage form to identify patients for infection control and public health reporting. EDs then were invited to report visit frequencies with various SARS syndrome elements to local public health authorities by using the REMI Internet application (first in one metropolitan area, and later in four). After pilot-testing in one metropolitan area, the surveillance system was implemented in three others.
The form was used to measure daily ED volumes of SARS syndrome elements.
A single-page screening form was created for ED triage personnel (available at http://www.frontlinesmed.org/SARS-SP). The form was designed to 1) identify patients requiring immediate infection control and public health notification (case finding) and 2) facilitate counting and reporting to public health officials the number of daily visits featuring SARS syndrome elements for time-trend surveillance.
18th Anniversary of Signing of ADA Act (Americans With Disabilities Act Act).
“I’m kind of pretty carefree,” Maduka said. “I don’t like to worry; it bothers me. Like, I don’t want to worry about this MCAT test (Medical College Admission Test Test), so that’s why I study every day, so I don’t have to worry and so I feel confident with what I learned that day.”
Posted by: rassyndrome on: August 31, 2008
In this edition of RAS Syndrome, all the perpetrators are government agencies.
However, if your car is equipped with an ABS braking system (Anti-Lock Braking System Braking System), never pump the brakes.
United States House of Representatives, Electronic Warfare Working Group
Exploiting known deficiencies in the HARM missile (High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile Missile) and U.S. forces targeting capabilities.
In fact, our primary means of engaging these types of targets remains the venerable HARM missile.
During this same operation, coalition forces launched over 1,000 HARM missiles while destroying a mere handful of enemy targets.
United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Includes a searchable database with information on law programs, admissions, financial aid statistics, and LSAT test (Law School Aptitude Test Test) prep.
United States Department of Justice
The NCJRS service (National Criminal Justice Reference Service Service) in the latter case involved a ‘custom search’ through the 73,000 items in the document data base to find discussions of warrant services and fugitive tracking.
Posted by: rassyndrome on: August 30, 2008
New GPS System (Global Positioning System System) Helps Drivers Avoid Red Light Cameras
Normally, the port number is implied when using the HTTP protocol (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Protocol).
During a recent installation of a new Verizon business DSL line (Digital Subscriber Line Line), the customer was not given a choice as to the equipment Verizon would provide.
[Ed.- The article actually defines the acronym the first time, yet still suffers from RAS Syndrome.]
Headline: Aewin Technologies Selects Ramtron’s 4-Megabit F-RAM Memory (Ferroelectric Random Access Memory Memory) for Advanced Industrial PC-Based Gaming Solutions
Article: A leading developer and supplier of nonvolatile ferroelectric random access memory (F-RAM) and integrated semiconductor products, today announced that Aewin Technologies Co., Ltd., Taiwan’s leading applied industrial computing platform manufacturer, has designed Ramtron’s FM22L16 4-megabit (Mb) nonvolatile F-RAM memory into its Intel-based GA-2000 and AMD-based GA-3000 gaming and high-definition multimedia PC boards.
Low-power F-RAM memory is used in the GA-2000/3000 as a unified memory to buffer game settings, system status, logged transactions, and winning records among other functions.
F-RAM memory offers the benefits of RAM technology, but is nonvolatile.
Phoenix Police Department (State of Arizona)
Have your car windows etched with it’s VIN number (Vehicle Identification Number Number) and sign up for the free Watch Your Car program.
[Ed.- The Phoenix PD may also want to have a chat with this gentleman]
