For confusion's sake, the 2000s have three meanings. The two hundredth one decade since CE: 200x, The twenty first century since CE:20xx, and the third millennium since CE: 2xxx.
On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 8:33 PM, Joel C. Ewing <[email protected]> wrote: > The recognized punctuation rules are no longer black and white where z13 > and z13s are involved. The rule of always using an apostrophe for > plurals of "non-words" is no longer universal: > > One rule is apostrophe "s" is used for plural for "words" that are not > normally a noun; but z13 in our context is normally a noun, so by that > standard the plural could be just z13s. > > When multi-digit numbers are made into a plural, it is now acceptable to > use just "s" for plural, as in both 1990's and 1990s being in common use > for multiple years in that decade -- again by that standard, z13s could > be a plural of z13. > > And of course, if you want a possessive form, like "the z13's frame", > then the apostrophe is required, which is very confusing if you also > demand the apostrophe for a plural. > > All in all, "z13s" as a distinct machine type introduces ambiguity that > could easily have been avoided. It was not an astute choice. > Joel C. Ewing > > On 02/18/2016 07:57 PM, Ken Smith wrote: >> Maybe right: >> >> z13 is a single z13 >> z13's is more than one z13 >> z13s is a single z13s >> z13s' is more than one z13s >> z13* or z13x is one or more z13*'s or z13x's >> >> where x or * is any char including null >> >> Ken >> >> On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 7:50 PM, Ed Gould <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Feb 18, 2016, at 3:30 AM, Timothy Sipples wrote: >>> -------------SNIP--------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>>> 4. IBM has greatly relaxed the data center environmental requirements for >>>> this model, expanding the temperature and humidity envelopes. It's much >>>> more realistic now to install the z13s in nontraditional data centers, or >>>> even places that aren't really data centers. Platforms that move, for >>>> example, or out in remote facilities. (In technobabble it's an ASHRAE >>>> class >>>> A3 system now instead of class A2.) >>>> >>> >>> ----------------SNIP--------------------------- >>> Timothy, >>> >>> Thanks for the update >>> -------------WAR STORY TIME-------------------------------------------- >>> I worked at one place that used a ware house type environment to do DR. >>> That is they bought a new machine in their DC and disassembled the old >>> machine and put it in the ware house. >>> Some how they expected the old machine could do DR. Periodically they >>> would send a sysprog off to the DR site to power up and run a few job. >>> The sysprog was fairly good he could use a screwdriver like no other >>> sysprog and could basically get the machine up and limping to do those few >>> jobs. >>> That is until they bought a new machine that couldn't IPL the latest and >>> greatest MVS. Also DB2 wouldn't even work. >>> They ordered the new machine with their heads in the clouds as they were >>> so cheap they didn't even want to pay for the latest COBOL. >>> They screamed and moaned about having to put out a few dollars a month for >>> COBOL and LE. >>> When reminded that the old COBOL was Y2K compliant that pretty well shut >>> them up. >>> I was never so happy to leave place everything that cost $$ was met with a >>> NO. >>> They were also unhappy that their homegrown security system would not work >>> anymore and they had to go to RACF. >>> IDIOTS they got what they deserved. >>> >>> Ed >>> >>> ... > > > -- > Joel C. Ewing, Bentonville, AR [email protected] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
