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HUGE pet peeve of mine. It is not NOS!

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Yep, gotta love "The Fast and the Furious"... Consider:

"I need NOS! I need NOS!!"
"He's got enough NOS to blow himself up!"
The two guys look at each other and at the burning car, and simulatneously yell "Nitrous!!!" and then split. Subsequently, the car enthusiastically blows up...
"He must have a hundred grand in that car.." (a friggin Honda)

Back in my drag racing days, I was peeved by how many ignorant fools called it "Nitro"...

-j
 


<< Yep, gotta love "The Fast and the Furious"... Consider:

"I need NOS! I need NOS!!"
"He's got enough NOS to blow himself up!"
The two guys look at each other and at the burning car, and simulatneously yell "Nitrous!!!" and then split. Subsequently, the car enthusiastically blows up...
"He must have a hundred grand in that car.." (a friggin Honda)

Back in my drag racing days, I was peeved by how many ignorant fools called it "Nitro"...

-j >>



...you can put a hundred grand in a "friggin' Honda" (an S2k)
 


<< nitrodioxide?

btw, when someone says NOS I'm thinking of a Network Operating System. >>



...you know you're a geek when...
 


<< Why do people always say NOS when they mean nitrous? NOS is Nitrous Oxide Systems, which is owned by Holley. Yes they make tons of nitrous kits, but geeze. It is nitrous not NOS! >>


Saying "nitrous' is as incorrect as saying NOS. It's N20, or dinitrogen oxide. Nitrous doesnt exist.
 


<< Welcome to the official ATOT Department of Redundency Department. From now on, all will have to say the following redundencies:

ATM Machine
PIN Number
NOS System
NIC Card <added>

Feel free to add as you see fit 🙂 >>


These used to bug me a little too, but try asking someone if they have a NIC and see how much longer it takes you to get an answer from them.

eg.
some random dude - hey roger do you have NIC?
me - um, yeah, call me Roge, or on the internet I go by killface

So sometimes it's easier to sound like a retard to get the information you want. It's something I've learned from being in tech support.
 


<< Why do people always say NOS when they mean nitrous? NOS is Nitrous Oxide Systems, which is owned by Holley. Yes they make tons of nitrous kits, but geeze. It is nitrous not NOS! >>



How come people call it nitrous when its really nitrous oxide?

sodium hypochlorite, sodium perchlorate, sodium cyanide and sodium succinate. They're completely different chemicals and we don't call any of it just "sodium".


Its N2O or nitrous oxide. Not just "nitrous".

How do you know nitrous isn't nitrous acid, nitrous ether or NATBE(nitrous acid tert-butyl ester)?


 
It's kind of like saying, "Get a xerox of that file" when you need a photocopy; or "Hand me a kleenex" when you want a tissue.
 
..not to forget the Velcro(tm) brand fastener, along with our favorite SPAM(tm) brand canned mystery meat.

-j
 
Jerboy, I don't think I would be using Nitrous Acid to add HP and torque to my car, but you drive a minivan so you have no clue anyway. Thanks for trying though.
 


<< well, well do peopel say "im gonna xerox this page" isntead of "im going to photocopy it". Since NOS is probably the biggest NITROUS OXIDE systems/equipment manufactuer, whats wrong with called it NOS? >>



GOOOD point. Just like Kleenex. You might end up having to get OVER your pet peeve if the courts ever have to decide that NOS is too common, then everyone will use it.
 


<< Umm, astaroth, that was a Supra, not 'a friggin Honda'. Hmph. >>



What movie were you watching? He's talking about the s2000 that smoked the Jetta in the end. 🙂
 
Nobody said nos until The Fast and the Furious." Now all the riceboys here have NOS stickers all over their cars, yet when I ask, they don't have bottles.....
 


<< Oh come on guys! You left out the most obvious one! DNS SERVER
I hear it every damn day...
Cheers! >>



Why isn't that possible? (DNS Server = Domain Name Services Server)
 


<< << The two guys look at each other and at the burning car, and simulatneously yell "Nitrous!!!" and then split. Subsequently, the car enthusiastically blows up... >>


IIRC, only Vin Diesel says it, and he says NOS, not nitrous. And to the best of my knowledge, NO isn't flammable. >>



Are you speaking of The Fast and The Furious? Dom and <the cop> both yell "Nos!!" before the car explodes in flames....and right, N2O isn't flammable....but I suppose after a
while the heat might make the bottles burst.

JC
 
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