(Projecting my voice to Kiribati.) I took the keenest interest in the televised Y2K celebration Down Under, many hours before a similar fate would befall the US Left Coast. The lights stayed on in Sydney. No objects fell from the sky. No panic or chaos ensued. It was a great comfort as I took a peaceful nap in preparation for my midnight shift in the data center.
. . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David L. Craig Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 11:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: (External):Re: Hitachi to Deliver New Mainframe Based on IBM z Systems in Japan On 17May25:1806+0000, David L. Craig wrote: > On 17May25:1749+0000, David L. Craig wrote: > > On 17May25:0822-0700, Phil Smith wrote: > > > > > A friend suggests: > > > >Look for a new model coming soon from their US arm, Hitachi America Ltd, > > > >the 9000. Think about it. > > > > HINO--we're talking about a platform not noted for pushing the AI > > envelope. Of course, Watson might see the humor and start pushing > > for AI development there. Oh, sorry, I thought this is Friday. > > Funny--I just heard inside my mind a line printer producing the > melody, "Daisy, Daisy..." Well, it would be a start... > And the next-genners wonder whatever is he writing about? Oh, right--it IS Friday in the Line Islands, Kiribati: http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_KI2.aspx Carry on. -- <not cent from sell> May the LORD God bless you exceedingly abundantly! Dave_Craig______________________________________________ "So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe." __--from_Nightfall_by_Asimov/Silverberg_________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
