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prof1515 · 02-25-2011, 12:32 PM

Kavir answered your question of what MUD can validly stand for. What else people may believe it stands for is irrelevant. If you go to a car dealership and buy a vehicle that's advertised as 4WD and find out it's only 2-wheel drive, you have a legitimate argument against the dealer. Even if the dealer tries to claim that 4WD stand for "4 (windshield) Wiper Devices" it's not valid. Even if everyone at his dealership insists this is so, it doesn't validate it one iota more. When referring to a term within a set context, the valid definition is that which adheres to the parameters of its original use. Anything else might be called valid but only so far as ANYTHING ELSE is valid. Hence saying MUD stands for Multi-User Dimension is just as valid as saying it stands for Mordecai's Ugly Domicile.

I still like Monkey's Uncle's Delusion myself! :-D

02-25-2011, 12:32 PM	#3
prof1515 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 791	Re: MUD - What can it validly stand for? Kavir answered your question of what MUD can validly stand for. What else people may believe it stands for is irrelevant. If you go to a car dealership and buy a vehicle that's advertised as 4WD and find out it's only 2-wheel drive, you have a legitimate argument against the dealer. Even if the dealer tries to claim that 4WD stand for "4 (windshield) Wiper Devices" it's not valid. Even if everyone at his dealership insists this is so, it doesn't validate it one iota more. When referring to a term within a set context, the valid definition is that which adheres to the parameters of its original use. Anything else might be called valid but only so far as ANYTHING ELSE is valid. Hence saying MUD stands for Multi-User Dimension is just as valid as saying it stands for Mordecai's Ugly Domicile. I still like Monkey's Uncle's Delusion myself! :-D