Topic: What does YMMV mean? (Read 4177 times)

J'inn · « **on:** December 17, 2003, 03:50:53 pm »

I'm a curious kitty.

Sirgod · « **Reply #1 on:** December 17, 2003, 03:56:46 pm »

Your Milage may Vary. I asked kortez the same thing last night.
Does this make me as smart as a lawyer?

Stephen

Toasty0 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 17, 2003, 04:09:44 pm »

Your Milage May Vary, but then again it may not.

J'inn · « **Reply #3 on:** December 17, 2003, 04:15:38 pm »

Quote:

Your Milage may Vary. I asked kortez the same thing last night.
Does this make me as smart as a lawyer?

Stephen

Let's see . . . . Student loans that dwarf most mortgages. A job that is despised by everyone except used car salesmen. A job that is a sure fire ticket to death before 55 due to a heart attack. A job that requires hanging a sign in your office that says "Home Sweet Home." Having the Divorce Rules memorized due to that fact that your wives will leave you repetedly. Having to deal with "America's Least Human" every day.

Oh yeah, I'm brillant.

SirGod, somehow I think you are smarter.

Taldren_Erin · « **Reply #6 on:** December 17, 2003, 11:51:20 pm »

I kept seeing this phrase used around here and eventually went and looked it up. It's in wikipedia:

http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/YMMV :
Your mileage may vary
(Redirected from YMMV)

Your mileage may vary is a truism, frequently abbreviated in e-mails and newsgroup postings as YMMV:

It may work differently in your situation.
It may work differently on your computer.
This is just my opinion/taste, your opinion/taste may be different. "It's a very popular name. For that reason alone I wouldn't choose it. It's 'trendy'. YMMV, of course."
The origin of the phrase dates from the early 1970s when the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began to rate passenger automobiles on their fuel economy. The first ratings were based on measurements of tailpipe emissions in laboratories, not on road testing, and consumers often observed significant differences between the EPA mileage figures and their actual experience. Automakers whose products had favorable EPA numbers bragged of them in their television commercials, but an announcer would usually disclaim, "Your mileage may vary," perhaps so that the automakers could avoid possible claims of false advertising.

Apparently there is also a www.ymmv.com .

J'inn · « **Reply #7 on:** December 17, 2003, 03:50:53 pm »

I'm a curious kitty.

Sirgod · « **Reply #8 on:** December 17, 2003, 03:56:46 pm »

Your Milage may Vary. I asked kortez the same thing last night.
Does this make me as smart as a lawyer?

Stephen

Toasty0 · « **Reply #9 on:** December 17, 2003, 04:09:44 pm »

Your Milage May Vary, but then again it may not.

Taldren_Erin · « **Reply #13 on:** December 17, 2003, 11:51:20 pm »

I kept seeing this phrase used around here and eventually went and looked it up. It's in wikipedia:

http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/YMMV :
Your mileage may vary
(Redirected from YMMV)

Your mileage may vary is a truism, frequently abbreviated in e-mails and newsgroup postings as YMMV:

It may work differently in your situation.
It may work differently on your computer.
This is just my opinion/taste, your opinion/taste may be different. "It's a very popular name. For that reason alone I wouldn't choose it. It's 'trendy'. YMMV, of course."
The origin of the phrase dates from the early 1970s when the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began to rate passenger automobiles on their fuel economy. The first ratings were based on measurements of tailpipe emissions in laboratories, not on road testing, and consumers often observed significant differences between the EPA mileage figures and their actual experience. Automakers whose products had favorable EPA numbers bragged of them in their television commercials, but an announcer would usually disclaim, "Your mileage may vary," perhaps so that the automakers could avoid possible claims of false advertising.

Apparently there is also a www.ymmv.com .

J'inn · « **Reply #14 on:** December 17, 2003, 03:50:53 pm »

I'm a curious kitty.

Sirgod · « **Reply #15 on:** December 17, 2003, 03:56:46 pm »

Your Milage may Vary. I asked kortez the same thing last night.
Does this make me as smart as a lawyer?

Stephen

Toasty0 · « **Reply #16 on:** December 17, 2003, 04:09:44 pm »

Your Milage May Vary, but then again it may not.

Taldren_Erin · « **Reply #20 on:** December 17, 2003, 11:51:20 pm »

I kept seeing this phrase used around here and eventually went and looked it up. It's in wikipedia:

http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/YMMV :
Your mileage may vary
(Redirected from YMMV)

Your mileage may vary is a truism, frequently abbreviated in e-mails and newsgroup postings as YMMV:

It may work differently in your situation.
It may work differently on your computer.
This is just my opinion/taste, your opinion/taste may be different. "It's a very popular name. For that reason alone I wouldn't choose it. It's 'trendy'. YMMV, of course."
The origin of the phrase dates from the early 1970s when the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began to rate passenger automobiles on their fuel economy. The first ratings were based on measurements of tailpipe emissions in laboratories, not on road testing, and consumers often observed significant differences between the EPA mileage figures and their actual experience. Automakers whose products had favorable EPA numbers bragged of them in their television commercials, but an announcer would usually disclaim, "Your mileage may vary," perhaps so that the automakers could avoid possible claims of false advertising.

Apparently there is also a www.ymmv.com .

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