LarryC,
RPMs? or RPM (Revolutions Per Minute)
(minor pet peeve)
Feel the same way, just can't stop myself with the RPM pluralisation!
It comes out naturally, and I do not even think about it until later
Some of my Pet Peeves:
* Calling AA Dry Cells "Batteries"
(get some wierd looks when requesting "Double A Dry Cells")* Calling Electric Lamps "Light Bulbs"
(plant the "Bulb" and it emits Light???)* Calling a single Locomotive or a single Railcar a "Train"
(there are a lot of Trains in that Classification Yard!)* Someone mistaking the name "AutoCAD" as if the CAD Package is completely "Automatic", expecting instant results
(I sit down at my Work station, and exclaim: "Computer; Draw Project 'X'".
I sit back, doing nothing, and wait while "The Computer" completely Engineers & Drafts the entire Project + Prints all Sheets out perfectly - all in less than 5 minutes.
I submit Bill for $10,000.00)* Referring to Applications / Routines / Functions / Network Services as "The Computer"
(Does Your Computer have the Internet?)* Taking the topic of a Thread wayyyy off topic ... OOPS, I just did that!
With all this said, I wonder if the OP's question had been successfully answered?
Looks like we went to as many extremes possible, without too much jargon.
Most concise answer is: They run slow because they just do!
Scott
