> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Warren Brown > Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 3:54 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: California's COBOL payroll system > > My wife teaches fifth grade and tells me that her kids can't > tell time on an analog clock. They grew up in a digital > world! Most analog devices are more accurate than their > digital counter parts. Take the clock, there is an infinite > number of places between the 12 and the 1.
How will they ever learn to drive??? "Keep you hands on the 10 and 2 positions of the wheel." will be meaningless. Or fight in a plane? "He's on your 2 o'clock position!" That would be 60 degrees to the right of center, I think. It is the end of civilization as we know it!! -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
