Hi, NNN is a type of cross country ski binding ( New Nordic Norm ) , other kinds are BC ( back country) 3 pins and cable bindings. see http://www.rei.com for more details. htp Michael On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 12:51:51 -0800, Atwood, Tim (DVM) <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >By the way - what do the "BT" and "NNNN" stand for ? > >At www.acronymsearch.com I found the following for "BT" > > BT Bathythermal/Bathythermograph > BT Begin Text > BT Bit Test > BT Block Termination > BT Block Transfer > BT Baghdad Time [+0200] > BT Byte This [slang] > BT Bering Time [-1100] > BT British Telecom > BT brain tumor [medical] > BT Burst Tolerance > BT (USN Rating) Boiler Technician > BT Baggage Tag > BT Baronet > BT Basic Training > >The only one that might make sense on this list is "Byte This" :-) Though >sometimes when tempers are flaring "Burst Tolerance" would work. I suppose >at a sensor company "Boiler Technician" might be possible (though I doubt >it). Or maybe "Bathythermal/Bathythermograph" since I don't have a clue what >that is, so it could be related to sensors. I doubt for "Basic Training" >they are talking about the computer language. > >Obviously none of the acronym search engines I tried are complete. Since >none of them found "Bacillus thuringiensis", a bacteria which attacks >caterpillars and is often used as form of natural pest control. > >Only www.webopedia.com found "bt" as the web extension for the country of >"Bhutan". > >I tried three different Acronym search engines and did not find anything for >"NNNN". Google finds lots of pages with "NNNN". But most of them appear to >be PDF documents and the "NNNN" seems to be part of the internal Adobe >Acrobat coding. There are also several Unicode Georgian "UC-NNNN" pages. I >did not see one explaining what "NNNN" might be in the context of a >signature though. > >(My apologies to Tracy for my having a little fun with this. I'm just trying >to stave off the midweek panic when I realize how much real work I need to >do. Please accept this in the spirit of fun with which it is intended.) > >Timothy Atwood >Holtenwood Computing >http://www.holtenwood.bc.ca/computing/ >for Domtar Vancouver Mill >(Opinions expressed are mine and do not reflect Domtar) > >--- "Johnson, Tracy" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: ><snip> >> >> BT >> NNNN >> Tracy Johnson >> MSI Schaevitz Sensors > >* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * >* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *