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Author: William M. KleinWilliam M. Klein Date: Feb 14, 2008 09:05
I guess discussions of religion, ethics, and Unix linking is better than the
PL/I group that is currently discussing which characters could be punched and
reproduced on early IBM keypunch machines.
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Author: RobertRobert Date: Feb 14, 2008 10:27
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:05:31 GMT, "William M. Klein" nospam.netcom.com> wrote:
>I guess discussions of religion, ethics, and Unix linking is better than the
>PL/I group that is currently discussing which characters could be punched and
>reproduced on early IBM keypunch machines.
I'm thinking of starting a Cobol thread in one of the religious groups.
It could be worse. At least they haven't cross-posted, whch would attract a swarm of
fundies.
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Author: AlistairAlistair Date: Feb 14, 2008 15:10
On 14 Feb, 18:27, Robert wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:05:31 GMT, "William M. Klein" nospam.netcom.com> wrote:
>>>I guess discussions of religion, ethics, and Unix linking is better than the
>>PL/I group that is currently discussing which characters could be punched and
>>reproduced on early IBM keypunch machines.
>
> I'm thinking of starting a Cobol thread in one of the religious groups.
>
> It could be worse. At least they haven't cross-posted, whch would attract a swarm of
> fundies.
Where do you think that Mr Pearse came from? It is true that he is/was
a techie but he is definitely a man with an agenda (go see his web
site for evidence of that).
If you do start a Cobol thread on alt.fundamentalist.christians please
keep us informed on how it goes; jousting with Judson (sounds so
poetic) is becoming so tiresome.
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Author: Pete DashwoodPete Dashwood Date: Feb 14, 2008 16:04
> On 14 Feb, 18:27, Robert wrote:
>> On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:05:31 GMT, "William M. Klein"
>> nospam.netcom.com> wrote:
>>>>>I guess discussions of religion, ethics, and Unix linking is better than
>>>the
>>>PL/I group that is currently discussing which characters could be
>>>punched and
>>>reproduced on early IBM keypunch machines.
>>
>> I'm thinking of starting a Cobol thread in one of the religious groups.
>>
>> It could be worse. At least they haven't cross-posted, whch would attract
>> a swarm of
>> fundies.
>
> Where do you think that Mr Pearse came from? It is true that he is/was
> a techie but he is definitely a man with an agenda (go see his web ...
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Author: Charles HottelCharles Hottel Date: Feb 14, 2008 16:29
>I guess discussions of religion, ethics, and Unix linking is better than
>the PL/I group that is currently discussing which characters could be
>punched and reproduced on early IBM keypunch machines.
>
> --
> Bill Klein
> wmklein ix.netcom.com
>
My "green card" (actually it is yellow) has a column labelled "Card Code
EBCDIC". You could use the multipunch feature to punch any of the 256
character codes. However the print train would not print some of them. IIRC
I wanted to use a certain combination of PLI featues but the Various PLI
compiler options would not let me do what I wanted. Sorry I no longer
remember the features for certain, perhapd <, <=, >, >=, etc and AND, OR,
NOT?
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Author: Howard BrazeeHoward Brazee Date: Feb 14, 2008 18:09
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:29:45 -0500, "Charles Hottel"
earthlink.net> wrote:
>My "green card" (actually it is yellow) has a column labelled "Card Code
>EBCDIC". You could use the multipunch feature to punch any of the 256
>character codes. However the print train would not print some of them. IIRC
>I wanted to use a certain combination of PLI featues but the Various PLI
>compiler options would not let me do what I wanted. Sorry I no longer
>remember the features for certain, perhapd <, <=, >, >=, etc and AND, OR,
>NOT?
I've got a yellow card and a yellow booklet, but most often use my
green card that still has a 15 cent price tag on it.
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Author: RichardRichard Date: Feb 14, 2008 18:33
On Feb 15, 12:10 pm, Alistair ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote:> On 14 Feb, 18:27, Robert wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:05:31 GMT, "William M. Klein" nospam.netcom.com> wrote:>
>>>I guess discussions of religion, ethics, and Unix linking is better than the
>>>PL/I group that is currently discussing which characters could be punched and
>>>reproduced on early IBM keypunch machines.
>
>> I'm thinking of starting a Cobol thread in one of the religious groups.
>
>> It could be worse. At least they haven't cross-posted, whch would attract a swarm of
>> fundies.
>
> Where do you think that Mr Pearse came from? It is true that he is/was
> a techie but he is definitely a man with an agenda (go see his web
> site for evidence of that).
>
> If you do start a Cobol thread on alt.fundamentalist.christians please
> keep us informed on how it goes; ...
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Author: Pete DashwoodPete Dashwood Date: Feb 15, 2008 03:31
> On Feb 15, 12:10 pm, Alistair ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote:>> On 14 Feb, 18:27, Robert wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:05:31 GMT, "William M. Klein"
>>> nospam.netcom.com> wrote:>>
>>>>I guess discussions of religion, ethics, and Unix linking is better
>>>>than the
>>>>PL/I group that is currently discussing which characters could be
>>>>punched and
>>>>reproduced on early IBM keypunch machines.
>>
>>> I'm thinking of starting a Cobol thread in one of the religious groups.
>>
>>> It could be worse. At least they haven't cross-posted, whch would
>>> attract a swarm of
>>> fundies.
>> ...
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Author: HeyBubHeyBub Date: Feb 15, 2008 05:23
Charles Hottel wrote:
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> My "green card" (actually it is yellow) has a column labelled "Card
> Code EBCDIC". You could use the multipunch feature to punch any of
> the 256 character codes. However the print train would not print some
> of them. IIRC I wanted to use a certain combination of PLI featues
> but the Various PLI compiler options would not let me do what I
> wanted. Sorry I no longer remember the features for certain, perhapd
> <, <=, >, >=, etc and AND, OR, NOT?
So, you use one of those new-fangled urine-colored cards, eh?
Passing fad.
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Author: HeyBubHeyBub Date: Feb 15, 2008 06:00
William M. Klein wrote:
> I guess discussions of religion, ethics, and Unix linking is better
> than the PL/I group that is currently discussing which characters
> could be punched and reproduced on early IBM keypunch machines.
Maybe what we need are posts that draw people in. For example, here's a post
I made on another group:
--- begin quote
Wednesday Night at Walmart
I'm prowling around the four or five very crowded holiday aisles at Walmart
to purchase a Valentine's day chocolate for the staff at my veterinarian's
office, when a fight breaks out.
Two mid-20's black women commence to scream at each other. I couldn't quite
make out the nature of their complaint since I don't speak emotion-laden
Nigerian-accented, Ebonics. I did catch the word "mutherfucker!" several
times inasmuch as it seemed to be used by each to describe every shortcoming
of the other.
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