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re: NJC: ND

Posted by:
Markus 10:05 pm UTC 04/15/07
In reply to: re: NJC: ND - pidunk 08:18 pm UTC 04/15/07
Uargh, blah blah...

The funniest line is this one:

"...my first impressions on this board were a bit confused..." ;-)

Good night,

Markus.



>
>
> > could anyone please explain the acronym "NJC"?
>
> On Google, "NJC acronym" yields the result coming up first
> from an internet mailing list called > href="http://www.quackquack.net/jewel/dodont.htm>"Jewel
> Mailing" and this text in the instructions to their
> participants of yore as this page has not been noted as
> updated since November of 2000:
>
>
Do use the NJC acronym in the beginning of
> the SUBJECT of your post, if it is basically one with No
> Jewel Content. It's just an EDA courtesy to those on this
> list that may not have the time to wade through posts that
> don't deal with Jewel. (Some members even use email
> software like Eudora Pro or Pegasus to 'filter out'
> NJC)

>
>
> However, this actually has reference to the recording
> artist called Jewel, as opposed to any particular internet
> board, topic, termininology, etcetera. Some have
> analogized it to the application of gemstones and their
> worth in comparison to the worth of on-topic or off-topic
> posts. But, as this quote from the same page shows, it is
> just concerning the female recording artist Jewel:
>
>
One final note on NJC. The acronym of NJC
> is not a free liscense to post anything to the list.
> Generally a post has to either deal with Jewel or her
> creations (music, poetry etc) in some manner, inquiries
> about her creations, the ever popular and common "EDA
> Gatherings", Living Room Tours (LRTs), similar artists the
> list has seemed to have _____, Steve Poltz news and
> well.....you'll get the feel for it if you just sit back
> and lurk for a while :-)

>
> Concerning the use of NJC, my first impressions on this
> board were a bit confused, because of the initials in
> reference to the real name (please do not flog me) of our
> adored Jim Steinman, and we don't even use the adapted
> acronym of NJSC, which adds a letter of specificity. For
> those who like to think of divine concerns, who say that
> NJC is "Not Jesus Christ" I say, thump on a bible, but
> leave us out of it.
>
> I like it when I see such things as "OT" for "Off Topic",
> or "OC" for "Other Content". But, NJC does have some
> limitations and history not having anything to do with
> netiquette as such or the Rockman Record.
>
>
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