In a message dated 6/9/2007 1:47:13 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
A fine testament to standardized forms and knitting nettles. >> Early on we broke a tine on the big sorter and a junior sysprog dropped the new IPL deck. As the CE's worked on the sorter, he was off in the corner with the deck and an unfolded paperclip. Finished long before the CE's did. For a number of years a stock interview question became 'what would do if the sorter broke'? After one of the card readers gulped in the first 9 of 23 trays of registration it stared to fold spindle and mutilate. One of the really bright computer honors student said, read them in with GENER upside down while I write a program to translate them....And in about 10 minutes, back on track. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
