How many of us had kids who figured it was hilarious to throw the main breaker in the house at midnight Y2K? I know I did...
On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 2:38 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > (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 > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
