Rexx, and Model 204 User Language, were the only two computer languages that ever made programming IBM mainframes FUN. (At least until now, when Linux runs on IBM mainframes.)
I once had the pleasure of watching a Wells Fargo ATM reboot. A lot of strange hex stuff, then, as clear as a bell, "OS/2 2.0 Booting", then it started testing all of the lights and various slots on the ATM machine. Was fun to watch. Oh, and it did boot all the way up. I didn't get to see an OS/2 Desktop =/.
If Stranger in a Strange Land is ever made into a movie, I think Jim Carrey should play Michael Valentine Smith and Sean Connery should play Jubal Harshaw.
Actually if the bomb weighed 10 tons then it probably would be pretty high in megatonnage, so I guess my first post is OK as it stands. I just have to use the Preview button more and not be so trigger happy on the Submit button. =P~
Personally, I think we should drop a 10 ton hydrogen bomb on Mecca. This is known as "asymmetric warfare, Texas Style." This is just my personal opinion, of course. It is not my purpose to avenge the United States for 9-11. But, we have not been avenged for 9-11. Dropping a hydrogen bomb on Mecca would give the muslim fundamentalist idiot crazies pause, because our next target would be Medina. Also, as a side effect, it would please me greatly to think of Osama bin Laden praying five times a day to a smoking radioactive hole in the ground. =P
Anyway...
Have a nice day. =)
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We had a special term for looking at computer printouts. This was in the days before grep. IBM mainframe OS (I think it was OS/MVS), came with a group of utilities for performing various mundane tasks: IEBCOPY, IEBGENER, etc. So, naturally, perusing a computer printout was called "IEBEYEBALL"ing it. I still use that word today and my friends look at me like I am crazy. =)
If we hadn't wasted billions of dollars on the Space Shuttle we might have the technology now to travel out to that asteroid, and park it in earth orbit. If it is mostly metal then it would be a bonanza grab. And if not, it would make a fine space station. *sigh*
Richard Buckminster Fuller had a similar idea... if one could build large enough geodesic domes the pressure/temperature differential would cause them to float in the atmosphere... I'd have to do some googling to find a good url for that.
That's strange. Most television commercials smell of desperation and contempt for the customer. Especially those god damned infomercials, which take up airtime that used to be reserved for McHale's Navy and Perry Mason reruns! Grrr.
There are some commercials that are actually funny and therefore worth the air time, but 99.99% of them sound like they are screaming at me or are duller than ditchwater.
The few times I saw screens of terminals being used by agencies to track terrorists, looks like they were using some irc-like protocol. (A screen like this was shown during the 60 minutes special on the NSA.) So, what is wrong with using an irc-like protocol (encrypted, and within tempest-secure facilities or on tempest-secure terminals), for real-time information sharing and then a wiki or www + ftp for sharing of files?
I am pretty sure that Heinlein was the first sci fi author to use the term "lag" in the same sense that we use it on irc. I'd have to do a text search of _Time_Enough_For_Love_ to find the exact spot.
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Yep, while listening to Michael Myers commentary track of the Goldmember DVD, I heard him call Michael Caine a "veritable Google of the entertainment business."
Thus, we are stuck with the word google as synonymous with search or knowledge base, whether Google likes it or not.
I toured a live Atlas 2 missile silo near Florence, Arizona back in the 1970's when I was in ROTC. Even back then, the equipment was showing signs of disrepair. There were hydraulic leaks in the missile bay and when the captain pressed the light test button on one of the panels, only about 80% of the lights lit up. Still, it was pretty awesome to be at the bottom of the silo's missile bay, with the twin cones of an Atlas 2 about 4 feet away from me.
I forget what fuel/oxidizer combination was used in the Atlas 2 missiles but I do remember they were very nasty so I was glad when the tour was completed
My pet ferret loved them. He gorged himself on them. Crunch crunch crunch. About an hour later he threw half of what he ate back up. Guess he ate too many of the little crunchy critters!
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Rexx, and Model 204 User Language, were the only two computer languages that ever made programming IBM mainframes FUN. (At least until now, when Linux runs on IBM mainframes.)
Maybe in the UK they switched to RISCOS? ;-)
Or... maybe they switched from RISCOS to something else???
I once had the pleasure of watching a Wells Fargo ATM reboot. A lot of strange hex stuff, then, as clear as a bell, "OS/2 2.0 Booting", then it started testing all of the lights and various slots on the ATM machine. Was fun to watch. Oh, and it did boot all the way up. I didn't get to see an OS/2 Desktop =/.
If Stranger in a Strange Land is ever made into a movie, I think Jim Carrey should play Michael Valentine Smith and Sean Connery should play Jubal Harshaw.
Actually if the bomb weighed 10 tons then it probably would be pretty high in megatonnage, so I guess my first post is OK as it stands. I just have to use the Preview button more and not be so trigger happy on the Submit button. =P~
OOpsy. Make that 10 MEGATON. My bad.
I'll bet you a cup of internet coffee that it will.
I am NOT Dubya. That's what I was trying to say.
Personally, I think we should drop a 10 ton hydrogen bomb on Mecca. This is known as "asymmetric warfare, Texas Style." This is just my personal opinion, of course. It is not my purpose to avenge the United States for 9-11. But, we have not been avenged for 9-11. Dropping a hydrogen bomb on Mecca would give the muslim fundamentalist idiot crazies pause, because our next target would be Medina. Also, as a side effect, it would please me greatly to think of Osama bin Laden praying five times a day to a smoking radioactive hole in the ground. =P Anyway... Have a nice day. =)
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We had a special term for looking at computer printouts. This was in the days before grep. IBM mainframe OS (I think it was OS/MVS), came with a group of utilities for performing various mundane tasks: IEBCOPY, IEBGENER, etc. So, naturally, perusing a computer printout was called "IEBEYEBALL"ing it. I still use that word today and my friends look at me like I am crazy. =)
The Moties did it. =P
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If we hadn't wasted billions of dollars on the Space Shuttle we might have the technology now to travel out to that asteroid, and park it in earth orbit. If it is mostly metal then it would be a bonanza grab. And if not, it would make a fine space station. *sigh*
Richard Buckminster Fuller had a similar idea... if one could build large enough geodesic domes the pressure/temperature differential would cause them to float in the atmosphere... I'd have to do some googling to find a good url for that.
pretty good... for a GIRL. =P
That's strange. Most television commercials smell of desperation and contempt for the customer. Especially those god damned infomercials, which take up airtime that used to be reserved for McHale's Navy and Perry Mason reruns! Grrr. There are some commercials that are actually funny and therefore worth the air time, but 99.99% of them sound like they are screaming at me or are duller than ditchwater.
The few times I saw screens of terminals being used by agencies to track terrorists, looks like they were using some irc-like protocol. (A screen like this was shown during the 60 minutes special on the NSA.) So, what is wrong with using an irc-like protocol (encrypted, and within tempest-secure facilities or on tempest-secure terminals), for real-time information sharing and then a wiki or www + ftp for sharing of files?
I am pretty sure that Heinlein was the first sci fi author to use the term "lag" in the same sense that we use it on irc. I'd have to do a text search of _Time_Enough_For_Love_ to find the exact spot.
Yep, while listening to Michael Myers commentary track of the Goldmember DVD, I heard him call Michael Caine a "veritable Google of the entertainment business." Thus, we are stuck with the word google as synonymous with search or knowledge base, whether Google likes it or not.
Errm, come to think of it, that may have been a Titan 2 missile silo. =) It was a loooong time ago.
I toured a live Atlas 2 missile silo near Florence, Arizona back in the 1970's when I was in ROTC. Even back then, the equipment was showing signs of disrepair. There were hydraulic leaks in the missile bay and when the captain pressed the light test button on one of the panels, only about 80% of the lights lit up. Still, it was pretty awesome to be at the bottom of the silo's missile bay, with the twin cones of an Atlas 2 about 4 feet away from me. I forget what fuel/oxidizer combination was used in the Atlas 2 missiles but I do remember they were very nasty so I was glad when the tour was completed
Also, there is a species that comes out every summer here in Phoenix, that harbingers the coming of the monsoon season.
My pet ferret loved them. He gorged himself on them. Crunch crunch crunch. About an hour later he threw half of what he ate back up. Guess he ate too many of the little crunchy critters!