#58273
02/22/2002 1:00 PM
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This is a question for the comcomputer* folks. Yesterday's buzzword for the day at Buzzwhack ( http://www.buzzwhack.com) was A20: A2O: Shorthand for comparing dissimilar things -- apples to oranges. "I'd disregard that. It was an A2O analysis." I'm guessing that the meaning arises from association with a computer reference - is A20 associated with an error code or something which can be extrapolated to mean a comparison for dissimilar things? *copyright 2002, by my four-year-old
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#58274
02/22/2002 1:17 PM
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I'm guessing that the meaning arises from association with a computer reference - is A20 associated with an error code or something which can be extrapolated to mean a comparison for dissimilar things?
Dear Sparteye. Nothing to do with Computer code, I'm afraid. You've actually misread it. It's not A20 but A2O!
Shorthand for Apples to Oranges (A-to-O).
Best,
Rubrick
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#58275
02/22/2002 1:43 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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Ahhh. Thanks, Ru.
[off-to-drink-some-coffee emoticon]
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#58276
02/22/2002 2:00 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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So, why *can't you compare apples to oranges?
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#58277
02/22/2002 2:08 PM
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Because we call that contrasting, by comparison [unwunk]
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#58278
02/22/2002 2:15 PM
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So, why *can't you compare apples to oranges?
Well, it's six of one, half a dozen of the other, really.
POTBO
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#58279
02/22/2002 3:07 PM
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Can you not compare them in qualities that they share? Fiber content? Vitamin C content?
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#58280
02/22/2002 3:07 PM
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Not it's
ONE
ONE
ONE
ONE
ONE
ONE
AN OTHER
AN OTHER
AN OTHER
AN OTHER
AN OTHER
AN OTHER
actually!
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#58281
02/22/2002 3:25 PM
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Aren't comcomputer© zeros spozed to have some kind o' Scandinavian-style slash through 'em to prevent this kind o' confusion? Huh?
harrumph®
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#58282
02/22/2002 3:40 PM
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...six of one and half a dozen of the other
Not it's
ONE
ONE
ONE
ONE
ONE
ONE
AN OTHER
AN OTHER
AN OTHER
AN OTHER
AN OTHER
AN OTHER
actually!
Or rather, since we're suppose to be comparing apples and oranges,
APPLE
APPLE
APPLE
APPLE
APPLE
APPLE
ORANGE
ORANGE
ORANGE
ORANGE
ORANGE
ORANGE
(but just to be confusing, I prefer to utter the phrase as
"half of one and six-a-dozen of the other") ;-)
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#58283
02/22/2002 4:07 PM
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some kind o' Scandinavian-style slash through 'em
Ah the Good Old Days. We had TTY-35(?)s that had slashed Ohs and/or slashed zeroes on the keyboard, slashed Ohs and/or slashed zeroes on the type cylinder and no strictly observed convention as to which was which including no convention by which the keyboard and type cylinder on a given machine matched. Then you get a student wave a printout in front of you asking what was wrong with this program and you say, "That Oh should be a zero." Talk about getting a reputation for omniscience.
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