Well done, Paul! Your post was only five minutes ahead of the blessed event!
On 2013-04-19 12:58, paul schuster wrote:
It needs to be remembered that Mr. Gilmore 'left' this list several years
ago under this same sort of pretense, but surfaced again not-too-long later.
So we only have to wait
I for one enjoyed much of your style. But as Marshall McLuhan observed,
the medium is the message. If one shouts I love you while snarling,
the words are mostly overridden by the style.
There is an old cartoon, probably from Playboy, showing a portly gentleman
dressed in Renaissance style, at
On 2013-04-18, at 07:45, John Gilmore wrote:
After discussions with Jean Snow, the list owner, I have concluded
that my views and, even more, controversial style are incompatible
with her and others' notions of what is proper here.
I am unwilling to conform to these proprieties, and this is
Our loss.
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l...@listserv.uga.edu] On Behalf Of John Gilmore
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 6:45 AM
To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: TRTE, etc.
After discussions with Jean Snow, the list owner, I
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Subject: Re: TRTE, etc.
Our loss.
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From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:ASSEMBLER-
l...@listserv.uga.edu] On Behalf Of John Gilmore
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 6:45 AM
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Subject: TRTE, etc.
After
I agree it is an overall loss. Mr. Ashland sometimes came across as
arrogant. But when he stayed on target and not off topic, his posts
were very informative. Even the ones containing words that I had to Google
to understand. I simply accepted this fault of his. I have too many
faults of my own to
Which reminds me, I must look through my desk drawer for that old 'REXX
Bigot' badge...
On 4/18/2013 12:17, John McKown wrote:
(nothing pisses off this enlightened
mainframe bigot like a ignorant Windows bigot grin/).
I for one enjoyed your posts and the expertise you brought to the table. Sorry
to see you go.
Thanks...Guy M. Gates Jr.
System Programmer II
TTI Inc.
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From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:ASSEMBLER-
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Sent:
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From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:ASSEMBLER-LIST@listserv.uga.edu] On
Behalf Of Gibney, Dave
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 11:49 AM
To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@listserv.uga.edu
Subject: Re: TRTE, etc.
Our loss.
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re-consider. Some don't like you,
others do. How is that different from the rest of life?
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From: Andrew Joyce andrew.jo...@asg.com
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 12:18 PM
To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: TRTE, etc.
Sorry
the rest of life?
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From: Andrew Joyce andrew.jo...@asg.com
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 12:18 PM
To: assembler-l...@listserv.uga.**EDU ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: TRTE, etc.
Sorry to see you go. I always read your posts
John Gilmore announced:
After discussions with Jean Snow, the list owner, I have concluded
that my views and, even more, controversial style are incompatible
with her and others' notions of what is proper here.
I am unwilling to conform to these proprieties, and this is therefore
my last post
I, too, hope, that this is not the final decision, because I always
appreciated
the posts of Mr Gilmore. I know from private conversations, that he has
been
working with computers since 1949, so he is like a sort of living legend
for me.
It is not necessary that we share his opinions, and I,
I would love to add the citation for the following quote, which I immediately
glommed upon sight for my FB Favorite Quotations. Mr. Gilmore? Anyone? In
any event, it somehow seems apropos.
Watching people who do not recognize the limitations of their experience
pontificate about what the
I wish I could help, but this is the closest I could come:
The recognition of the insuperable limits to his knowledge ought indeed to
teach the student of society a lesson of humility which should guard him
against becoming an accomplice in men's fatal striving to control society - a
striving
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