Disaster graced us by uttering:
> What is FWIW?

For What It's Worth

>>     this is now a preference and is unenforcible. it _is_, however,
>>     _my_ preference.
> 
> That's fine! No one said you couldn't use it or even that you should
> not use it.

Hence the word: "preference".

>> These things are often addressed in a newsgroup's FAQ or charter,
>> along with what, precisely, is considered "on-topic" to try to avoid
>> confusion.  The FAQ/charter would tell new posters _not_ to request
>> binaries in this ng.
> 
> The lack of "binary" in the very groups name should by itself also
> declare this group a non-binary group!

There is a group of people who do not know the purpose of binary groups,
nor even the definitition of "binary".  This would be the target
audience of these FAQs.

> Eva 04 was never actually shown in the series and didn't make it to
> the movies. You remember the NERV base that got blasted? That's where
> it was being built. The apparent blast came at about the same time
> that they were testing an experiment S2 unit.

Thx. =)  Appreciated.

>> wrt Disaster's response: YHBT. YHL. HAND.
> 
> And in english?

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/YHBT.html
http://www.google.com/search?q=YHBT

<http://dict.org/> is also your friend.

Cheers,
Tim Hammerquist
-- 
If only the Earthlings appreciated life as we
do, I would not have to kill so many of them.
    -- Jovian soldier, "Martian Successor: Nadesico"