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VWWall wrote:
~misfit~ wrote: Trent© wrote: On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:45:13 -0000, "OO-" wrote: I've just bought an asus pundit barebones system and put in it 120Gb hard drive, 512Mb RAM, 2.8Ghz Pentium 4 and an 8x DVD-RW (NB this system has no floppy drive). What does NB mean? It's short for some Latin term which means "Be aware". NB = note bene = observe well. Thanks Virg, I only did two terms of Latin and that was in 1972, I don't remember that much, I was 11 years old. Ummm..... Amo, amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant. Something like that. -- ~misfit~ |
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It's short for some Latin term which means "Be aware". NB = note bene = observe well. Virg Wall -- Not "note bene" but "Nota Bene", which is the imperative of "notare" = taking note. |
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~misfit~ wrote:
VWWall wrote: ~misfit~ wrote: Trent© wrote: .... snip ... What does NB mean? It's short for some Latin term which means "Be aware". NB = note bene = observe well. Thanks Virg, I only did two terms of Latin and that was in 1972, I don't remember that much, I was 11 years old. Ummm..... Amo, amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant. Something like that. I did something similar at a similar age, and failed miserably, thus persuading my parents that I was not suited for a classical education and could take extra maths and physics. Don't ask when. At any rate: nota bene; cave canem; veni, vidi, vici; Carthago delenda est; et cetera. -- Chuck F ) ) Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems. http://cbfalconer.home.att.net USE worldnet address! |
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