On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Bill Fairchild <[email protected]> wrote:
> Many of us have posted complaints about mainframe technical questions that > could have been easily answered with only a modicum of self-directed > research, commonly known as RTFM, on the part of the OP. This same helpful > hint applies equally to the non-mainframe-specific portion of a post. > Instead of chiding others for not deliberately dumbing down their writing > to my inferior level of English fluency, I often (but don't always) remember > to research the unknown before asking the entire IBM-MAIN subscriber list to > explain it to me or to sympathize with my emotion or abridged vocabulary. > > The first time I encountered the phrase "coloro che sanno" in a John > Gilmore post a few years ago, I used Google to understand the phrase before > sheepishly exposing, or proudly proclaiming, my ignorance to all of > IBM-MAIN. I have also used Google many times to decode urban slang, > texting abbreviations, arcane English words, and many other foreign words > and phrases that appear in posts. > > Having done some research into calendars long ago, I found much of the > calendar thread very interesting. I would also like to learn more about > quantum and string theories, mainframe architecture, DASD, new instructions, > XCF, Italian, and ten thousand other topics. > Bill, I lookup each word / phrase also. It is very educational. It is the thin skinned, condescending, arrogant, chip-on-the-shoulder and holier-than-thou manner in which they are delivered, along with the consistent rejection that there are other possibility sufficiently correct answers that make Gilmore's posts unpalatable. Sam > > Bill Fairchild > Rocket Software > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Shane > Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 7:38 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Date representations: Y2k revisited > > Whilst struggling through the latest installments of this somewhat dry and > dusty thread, I happened to be watching a rerun of a BBC show titled "What > time is it ?". > > Without meaning to be too rude, I must admit I found the discussion of > quantum and string theory and (potential) parallel universes eminently more > interesting than reading about competing calendars. > > Shane ... > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the > archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
