I love reading on my kindle, however I have found that it just is not a good
format for any type of technical manual, PDF or otherwise. If you are going to
read something straight through it works fine, but it is difficult to jump
around within a document. I find myself doing that a lot in
You might want to check out a program called Calibre. It is for ebook
collections, and will do many different types of format changes. There is a
spot where you can choose your specific device and format criteria.
You may have options included with that program that may help. I have had
good
It reminds me of an xkcd http://xkcd.com/619/
I don't think it will be a real selling point, when you are comparing similar
class machines. Kernel modifications have been done to address this on
specific Linux systems. However if you were to use it as a pointer to why this
class of machine
I have had mixed results reading any type of documentation on a phone. I have
a droid phone, so the screen is a little larger (3.7 inch). I have had good
results with the Kindle app (I have a Kindle as well, but it is not always with
me), and Aldiko book reader apps. If it is a book made for
I have run into something similar before with the VISTA UAC. Command prompts
aren't started as an administrator, even if you are an administrator of the box
when you start it. It lets you create a file, but not populate it, etc. I
don't understand completely the reasoning behind it, but I've
There is a Scientific Calculator for free in the Android Market place, and it
does Hex calculations easily (The buttons change when you switch modes). No
idea about iPhones though.
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For most Windows people, it would probably be better if they thought of it like
a directory. I would think any experience Unix person would understand the
differences. Unless they are learning how to support the system directly, it
functions close enough that for any work they might be doing
Is this a very old Windows Server, or a workstation operating as a Server,
do you possibly have an older piece of software running the FTP server on the
Windows box? You will get this on any system running FAT32 (or 16) as a
limitation of the File System. Many pieces of software from when that
It is possible to configure Storage Arrays in the PC world to work under a very
similar methodology as a DASD does in the mainframe world. It is very common
in the Virtual environment. I don't know if all the different PC
virtualization technologies can support it, but quite a few do, with
Who cares whether the universities are requiring COBOL or not? There are
plenty of places and ways to learn it, and any Programmer worth employing
should be able to pick it up relatively easy. They may not be as good as a
seasoned programmer, but you can't expect a college graduate to perform
Speaking as someone who has firsthand knowledge (but not with Secret Service)
of using 1980s mainframes (yes the hardware, not just the applications) in
government as late as 3 years ago when the system was finally taken offline,
budget is most likely not the issue.
If someone who built the
And here I read the subject line and thought someone got XBOX games running on
a z/10 and finally put an end to all of the Get rid of the Mainframe projects
Management is so interested in.
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Finley, Frank
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 9:03 AM
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Subject: FTPS rc = 406 (Error while reading or writing data)
Hello,
I've been beating my head against the wall for a while on this one and
wondering if anyone has any thoughts that may help me
Hello,
I've been beating my head against the wall for a while on this one and
wondering if anyone has any thoughts that may help me in troubleshooting. I am
having issues with an FTPS connection to a remote host. IBM Z/OS 1.8 (our
side) client connecting to a Unix FTPS server running
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