For those who don't know what "on spec" means: spec is short for "speculation". From Wordnik.com. [Mania News Feed] Reference
Very easy to parse if the spec is sensible (naturally; p). From Wordnik.com. [Scripting News for 7/16/2007 « Scripting News Annex] Reference
The large spec is short the franc and the commercial is long. From Wordnik.com. [FXstreet.com] Reference
Does anyone know what the spec is for gingerbread electrical?. From Wordnik.com. [A Bland and Deadly Courtesy] Reference
I called the spec assigned to us and he answered immediately. From Wordnik.com. [Edge] Reference
A lot of villains in spec fic films aren't real interesting to me. From Wordnik.com. [MIND MELD: Bad Guys We Love to Hate: The Best Film Villains in SF/F/H (with Various Videos of Villainy)] Reference
Early reviews suggest that the spec is clear and easy to implement. From Wordnik.com. [OAuth Core 1.0 Final Draft is out — now build stuff! | FactoryCity] Reference
So (for a bad example) the Vcard spec is “What Outlook produces”. From Wordnik.com. [Scripting News for 11/3/07 « Scripting News Annex] Reference
As Tim said, writing a sequel on spec is a whole other level of folly. From Wordnik.com. [More indecision «] Reference
While the large spec is short the SF, the little guy is just a touch long. From Wordnik.com. [FXstreet.com] Reference
In other words adding something to the spec is easy, but what happens next?. From Wordnik.com. [Scripting News for 8/28/07 « Scripting News Annex] Reference
If any clips are not within spec, they must be fixed, and fixing them is not easy. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference
Other magazines, though none in spec fic as far as I know, have also been affected. From Wordnik.com. [Subscriber, Beware] Reference
A spec is well written when QA can figure out how to test a feature based on the spec. From Wordnik.com. [Project Management with Niel Robertson « Isegoria] Reference
Do you remember how specs from MS would basically consist of “The spec is what we do”. From Wordnik.com. [Scripting News for 11/3/07 « Scripting News Annex] Reference
Latter suggests more s/term spec flows that larger institutional money buying new core longs. From Wordnik.com. [GFTforex.com - Recent News Headlines] Reference
Well I think the Container spec is very much the same, it consists of “whatever Orkut does”. From Wordnik.com. [Scripting News for 11/3/07 « Scripting News Annex] Reference
The spec is a big long and the commercial a big short. From Wordnik.com. [FXstreet.com] Reference
Parse a basic file name spec in a system independant way. From Wordnik.com. [search.cpan.org] Reference
But now, the taboo is slowly wearing off so-called spec inventory. From Wordnik.com. [Homebuilders Dabble in Spec] Reference
The spec is the Intel 2 Ghz Intel Core2Duo, I upgraded it to 2Mb RAM. From Wordnik.com. [4WinMobile.com] Reference
Possibly the worst misuse of a spec is the so-called dynamic contrast ratio. From Wordnik.com. [Digital Trends] Reference
But a spec that leaves such a freedom to the providers can still be called a spec?. From Wordnik.com. [TheServerSide.com: News] Reference
Energy Star's official site, settling on a spec was a long and contentious battle. From Wordnik.com. [Crave: The gadget blog] Reference
I talk a lot about how having a spec is a critical component of software development. From Wordnik.com. [Planet PHP] Reference
It's pathetic, but it also means I know for certain Miss Snark reads fantasy aka spec-fic. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Snark is not informed on this] Reference
Adding or releasing air pressure can adjust the circumference of the tires and put them in spec. From Wordnik.com. [Top 10 Tire Tips!] Reference
As a result, the engine produces 198 hp and 184 pound-feet of torque at 4,250 rpm in Korean spec. From Wordnik.com. [Autoblog Green] Reference
Which spec is involved there?. From Wordnik.com. [Mitsubishi’s New LaserVue TVs: First Impressions - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
Good for a "spec," and took us as actors among his lot. From Wordnik.com. [Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two] Reference
If the market softens, will Duke continue building "spec" space?. From Wordnik.com. [Developers Betting on Texas-SizeWarehouses] Reference
"I 'spec's, suh, dat ef I'd tu'n her roun' she'd go de udder way.". From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference
"I 'spec's you'd find some bay trees 'long de big road, ma'am," said. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference
They reckon ye're holdin 'it on' spec 'and that they kin git it fer a little mor'n ye paid for it. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods] Reference
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