I (ahem)in my wasted youth wrote a s/390 assembler program to return the computer's idea of time. It also (via a hand-maintained maintained) table accounted for leap seconds. I'll see whether I can find it. It's called 'GoodTime.asm'. If I can resurrect it and test it with Hercules m/f (mainframe), I'll put it up for grabs. ted@php.net
Thanks for the good report! It boils down to the Golden Rule.
If companies used some of their advertising budget for customer support, they'd probably get more new business by word-of-mouth than billboards, TV, or radio.
There must be a comprehensive customer support package for call centers out there, preferably Open Source:)
I'm not a particularly experienced Excel programmer, but I've heard that the open-sourced Gnumeric is "as good as" Excel. Have you investigated this program? Or was it the spreadsheet in OOo?
This is
surely true. I started my programming in 1968 on an IBM 1620.
My last
well-paying job was as a mainframe BAL and COBOL programmer. The company
"merged" with one in Southern California; Much of he IT in Portland went away,
just a few contractors around to keep the wheels moving.
I had developed an
intranet warehouse application and a big-iron-monitor/program
responsible/call-list in PHP on an old 386 box. Total cost to the company,
$1.50 for the Linux CD (I did most of the coding outside of normal work
hours). Them was the days!
I went to a company to re-write a DOS application
into Linux, but that didn't work out.
My skill set includes FORTRAN, COBOL, IMS,
mainframe Assembler, JCL, MVS and DOS/VSE style systems, X86 assembler, C,
PHP, Ruby, Apache web server, Linux, *BSD, Networks -- you name it...
I've kept up
with the technology. The fatal mistake was not jumping into bed with
Microsoft.
At 60, I'VE BEEN UNEMPLOYED FOR A LONG TIME. Here in Portland
you're lucky to even get a reply to a job inquiry because of the sheer numbers
of applications for a job posting...
I'd gladly take a mind-numbing job as an
operator (did that on a S/360 Mod 30)!
To have a mainframe on your desk, check out http://www.conmicro.cx/hercules
This is surely true. I started my programming in 1968 on an IBM 1620
My last well-paying job was as a mainframe BAL and COBOL programmer. The company was "merged" with one in Southern California; Much of he IT in Portland went away, just a few contractors around to keep the wheels moving. I had developed an intranet warehouse application and a big-iron-monitor/program responsible/call-list in PHP on an old 386 box. Total cost to the company, $1.50 for the Linux CD (I did most of the coding outside of normal work hours). Them was the days!
I went to a company to re-write a DOS application into Linux, but that didn't work out.
My skill set includes FORTRAN, COBOL mainframe Assembler, JCL, MVS and DOS/VSE style systems, X86 assembler, C, PHP, Ruby, Web servers,Linux, *BSD, Networks -- you name it... I've kept up with the technology. The fatal mistake was not jumping into bed with Microsoft.
At 60, I'VE BEEN UNEMPLOYED FOR A LONG TIME. Here in Portland you're lucky to even get a reply to a job inquiry because of the sheer numbers of applications for a job posting...
I'd gladly take a mind-numbing job as an operator (did that on a S/360 Mod 30)!
What a pleasure to read a comment that uses correct spelling and grammar! Even the serial comma (n objects in a list, n-1 commas) and hyphenation are correct!
Is this installation-specific? I did a 'man auditd' and came up with 'No man page for auditd'. Would I have to recompile this option into the kernel?
Re:Friends of Pi (Freunde der Zahl Pi)
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Oopsie! That's: http://www.astro.univie.ac.at/~wasi/PI/pi_club.h tml and http://www.astro.univie.ac.at/~wasi/PI/pi_klub.h tml
Friends of Pi (Freunde der Zahl Pi)
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is a club for those of us who love this number. Anyone with an interest in pi may become an associate member; we confer full membership on those who can recite -- respectfully and from memory -- the first 100 digits (base 10) after the decimal point (the last digit is '9'). http://www.ast.univie.ac.at/~wasi/PI/pi_club.htm or http://www.ast.univie.ac.at/~wasi/PI/pi_klub.htm (German version).
What a piece of nostalgia! The open source movement before it needed to be called a movement. People 'Just Did It'.
BTW -- have you ever tried homemade strawberry jam on Dreyers Triple Chocolate Ice cream? It's to die for! (This is the _REAL_ reason for the reply;->)
The Metropolitan Area Express (MAX) tunnel referred to goes through a mountain in West Portland. In celebration of Pi Day, 1999 Squeeze Truck and I dragged/////// took our families to see this wonder of the modern world. One of the pieces of art in the tunnel is a number:
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I (ahem)in my wasted youth wrote a s/390 assembler program to return the computer's idea of time. It also (via a hand-maintained maintained) table accounted for leap seconds.
I'll see whether I can find it. It's called 'GoodTime.asm'. If I can resurrect it and test it with Hercules m/f (mainframe), I'll put it up for grabs.
ted@php.net
Thanks for the good report! It boils down to the Golden Rule.
:)
If companies used some of their advertising budget for customer support, they'd probably get more new business by word-of-mouth than billboards, TV, or radio.
There must be a comprehensive customer support package for call centers out there, preferably Open Source
I'm not a particularly experienced Excel programmer, but I've heard that the open-sourced Gnumeric is "as good as" Excel. Have you investigated this program? Or was it the spreadsheet in OOo?
Newton, Galileo, Kepler, Dirac, Faraday, Planck, Kelvin, Maxwell and Einstein believed in God. So do I.
Dirac? I've heard it said, "There is no God, and Dirac is His prophet.".
This is surely true. I started my programming in 1968 on an IBM 1620.
My last well-paying job was as a mainframe BAL and COBOL programmer. The company "merged" with one in Southern California; Much of he IT in Portland went away, just a few contractors around to keep the wheels moving.
I had developed an intranet warehouse application and a big-iron-monitor/program responsible/call-list in PHP on an old 386 box. Total cost to the company, $1.50 for the Linux CD (I did most of the coding outside of normal work hours). Them was the days!
I went to a company to re-write a DOS application into Linux, but that didn't work out.
My skill set includes FORTRAN, COBOL, IMS, mainframe Assembler, JCL, MVS and DOS/VSE style systems, X86 assembler, C, PHP, Ruby, Apache web server, Linux, *BSD, Networks -- you name it ...
I've kept up
with the technology. The fatal mistake was not jumping into bed with
Microsoft.
At 60, I'VE BEEN UNEMPLOYED FOR A LONG TIME. Here in Portland you're lucky to even get a reply to a job inquiry because of the sheer numbers of applications for a job posting...
I'd gladly take a mind-numbing job as an operator (did that on a S/360 Mod 30)!
To have a mainframe on your desk, check out http://www.conmicro.cx/hercules This is surely true. I started my programming in 1968 on an IBM 1620 My last well-paying job was as a mainframe BAL and COBOL programmer. The company was "merged" with one in Southern California; Much of he IT in Portland went away, just a few contractors around to keep the wheels moving. I had developed an intranet warehouse application and a big-iron-monitor/program responsible/call-list in PHP on an old 386 box. Total cost to the company, $1.50 for the Linux CD (I did most of the coding outside of normal work hours). Them was the days! I went to a company to re-write a DOS application into Linux, but that didn't work out. My skill set includes FORTRAN, COBOL mainframe Assembler, JCL, MVS and DOS/VSE style systems, X86 assembler, C, PHP, Ruby, Web servers,Linux, *BSD, Networks -- you name it ... I've kept up with the technology. The fatal mistake was not jumping into bed with Microsoft.
At 60, I'VE BEEN UNEMPLOYED FOR A LONG TIME. Here in Portland you're lucky to even get a reply to a job inquiry because of the sheer numbers of applications for a job posting...
I'd gladly take a mind-numbing job as an operator (did that on a S/360 Mod 30)!
Sometimes we suppress early memory if it is unpleasant.
Ah, at last we're getting it right! Using the notion of spacetime coordinates really nails an event.
Now, whether this is politically good or bad I'll leave to those more savvy in that arena.
What a pleasure to read a comment that uses correct spelling and grammar! Even the serial comma (n objects in a list, n-1 commas) and hyphenation are correct!
Is this installation-specific? I did a 'man auditd' and came up with 'No man page for auditd'. Would I have to recompile this option into the kernel?
Oopsie! That's:h tml h tml
http://www.astro.univie.ac.at/~wasi/PI/pi_club.
and
http://www.astro.univie.ac.at/~wasi/PI/pi_klub.
is a club for those of us who love this number. Anyone with an interest in pi may become an associate member; we confer full membership on those who can recite -- respectfully and from memory -- the first 100 digits (base 10) after the decimal point (the last digit is '9').m m
http://www.ast.univie.ac.at/~wasi/PI/pi_club.ht
or
http://www.ast.univie.ac.at/~wasi/PI/pi_klub.ht
(German version).
You got that right! Where do I sign.
What a piece of nostalgia! The open source movement before it needed to be called a movement. People 'Just Did It'.
;->)
BTW -- have you ever tried homemade strawberry jam on Dreyers Triple Chocolate Ice cream? It's to die for! (This is the _REAL_ reason for the reply
Well, Linux' stability is now generally regarded as better than the hardware's stability...
The Metropolitan Area Express (MAX) tunnel referred to goes through a mountain in West Portland. In celebration of Pi Day, 1999 Squeeze Truck and I dragged/////// took our families to see this wonder of the modern world.
m l
One of the pieces of art in the tunnel is a number:
3.1415926535
821480865144
288109757245
870066330572
703698336733
620005681271
420199561150
244594555982
534904897932
The above number rearranged into groups of 10:
3.
1415926535
8214808651
4428810975
7245870066
3305727036
9833673362
0005681271
4201995611
Pi to 1,000 places. Notice the numbers in bold and italic typeface:
PI=3.
1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971 6939937510 5820974944 5923078164 0628620899 8628034825 3421170679
8214808651 3282306647 0938446095 5058223172 5359408128 4811174502 8410270193 8521105559 6446229489 5493038196
4428810975 6659334461 2847564823 3786783165 2712019091 4564856692 3460348610 4543266482 1339360726 0249141273
7245870066 0631558817 4881520920 9628292540 9171536436 7892590360 0113305305 4882046652 1384146951 9415116094
3305727036 5759591953 0921861173 8193261179 3105118548 0744623799 6274956735 1885752724 8912279381 8301194912
9833673362 4406566430 8602139494 6395224737 1907021798 6094370277 0539217176 2931767523 8467481846 7669405132
0005681271 4526356082 7785771342 7577896091 7363717872 1468440901 2249534301 4654958537 1050792279 6892589235
4201995611 2129021960 8640344181 5981362977 4771309960 5187072113 4999999837 2978049951 0597317328 1609631859
5024459455 3469083026 4252230825 3344685035 2619311881 7101000313 7838752886 5875332083 8142061717 7669147303
5982534904 2875546873 1159562863 8823537875 9375195778 1857780532 1712268066 1300192787 6611195909 2164201989
But it's ART!
Squeeze Truck and his wife provided pumpkin pie; my wife made chocolate pie; I wore my PIg belt buckle and pi T-shirt.
It was truly a joyous and memorable occasion!
Visit the "Friends of Pi" web site at: http://www.ast.univie.ac.at/~wasi/PI/pi_klub.html
For the German-challenged:
http://www.ast.univie.ac.at/~wasi/PI/pi_club.ht
Pi Vobiscum,
Ted Rolle