MIL
That little yellow picture of an engine is a MIL (Malfunction Indication Light)not a MIL light, that is tautolgy and you deserve to die!
(johnners hitting things with hammers until they work, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 20:15, 6 replies)

You should join...
...the RAS society. That's RAS as in Redundant Acronym Society.
( Amish Information Systems hates misplaced, commas, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 20:52, closed)

Most
of my working day is based in Acronym City I'll take redundancy if the cheque is big enough!
(johnners hitting things with hammers until they work, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 21:04, closed)

I'll raise your MIL
.. with a family heirloom

.. or a PIN Number
( Signify, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 21:35, closed)

I see your PIN number and raise you private and confidential
(johnners hitting things with hammers until they work, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 22:53, closed)

Never heard of it
they have always been referred to as "idiot lights", meaning that you are too stupid to understand the information supplied by an instrument, so we'll just give you a light to tell you that things are out of limits.
(M61A1 CUPID- STUNTS, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 4:48, closed)

Bit Unfair
Bearing in mind that the engine management processor monitors more information than is displayed on the dashboard. If you can actually understand the 30 or so parameters in real time and work out which one is out of limit I take my hat off to you
(johnners hitting things with hammers until they work, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 18:47, closed)