[ale] OT: Huh?

[Jim Lynch]

Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-03-18 at 09:15 -0400, Tim Watts wrote:
>   
>> I guess on windows you would use IIS instead of Apache so the acronym becomes 
>> WIMP :-)
>>     
>
> 	Except it should be SQL instead of MySQL so would it be...
>
> 	WISP?
>
>   
How fitting, from m-w.com:

Main Entry:
    ^1 wisp Listen to the pronunciation of 1wisp
    <javascript:popWin('/cgi-bin/audio.pl?wisp0001.wav=wisp')>
Pronunciation:
    \?wisp\ 
Function:
    /noun/ 
Etymology:
    Middle English
Date:
    13th century

1*:* a small handful (as of hay or straw)2 a*:* a thin strip or fragment 
b*:* a thready streak <a /wisp/ of smoke> c*:* something frail, slight, 
or fleeting

c seems to fit well.

Jim.
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