Top posting

2012-07-29 Thread Shane Ginnane
Might I request the luminaries of the list perhaps indulge those of us unfortunate enough to be using the (severely crippled) web interface and *top post* in replies ?. That way we may get the gist of the response from mouse over without having to select every post. Yes, that is how bad things

Re: Top posting

2012-07-29 Thread John Gilmore
Without laying claim to being one of the luminaries of the list, I shall try to comply with this eminently reasonable request. Is someone also addressing the web interface's apparently multiple structural problems? If not, they will certainly worsen. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA On

Re: Top posting

2012-07-29 Thread Gord Tomlin
While there is an RFC (I'm not going to hunt for the number on a Sunday) that specifies that bottom posting is correct, as a reader I find bottom posting to be hugely counterproductive. When reading a thread in order, bottom posting requires the reader to scroll past what has already been

Re: Using SSH or SCP in REXX under TSO

2012-07-29 Thread Kirk Wolf
Uriel, z/OS is a great environment, it is a pity that your z/OS system has been stabilized. FWIW, Co:Z is offered under two licensing models: 1) the free Community License 2) an enterprise license and support agreement See: http://dovetail.com/support.html Several of the largest financial

Re: Top posting

2012-07-29 Thread Chris Mason
Gord According to the Wikipedia article on the topic, [1] the great benefit of bottom posting is to present a chronological story. But in what sort of environment? This makes sense when an e-mail sequence is being developed and - crucially - the e-mail sequence is copied to folk who were not

Re: Top posting

2012-07-29 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 11:32:19 -0400, Gord Tomlin wrote: While there is an RFC (I'm not going to hunt for the number on a Sunday) that specifies that bottom posting is correct, as a reader I find bottom posting to be hugely counterproductive. When reading a thread in order, bottom posting requires

Re: Friday: What you've been waiting for! Build an 80 column punched card reader!

2012-07-29 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In CAE1XxDH=2+e+p2ag55ykgtwlc+ttbptqvrzv8iunhoaxpzg...@mail.gmail.com, on 07/27/2012 at 10:34 PM, John Gilmore jwgli...@gmail.com said: Paul Gilmartin is almost right. Both the reader and the punch read and punched what they were presented with. What is that supposed to mean? Bit 2 of the

Re: Some IBM internet IP addresses changing on 26 Aug 2012

2012-07-29 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In d62518tlvl2c80hjdjfkc5lqmc5icg9...@4ax.com, on 07/27/2012 at 09:27 AM, Clark Morris cfmpub...@ns.sympatico.ca said: I would agree so that is why I question the changing of IP addresses. Are you saying that you don't see why there might be a need to reconfigure firewalls after changing if

Re: Top posting

2012-07-29 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 1343549987.5014f22372...@postoffice.tpg.com.au, on 07/29/2012 at 06:19 PM, Shane Ginnane ibm-m...@tpg.com.au said: Might I request the luminaries of the list perhaps indulge those of us unfortunate enough to be using the (severely crippled) web interface and *top post* in replies ?. Please

Re: Top posting

2012-07-29 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 50155783.2090...@actionsoftware.com, on 07/29/2012 at 11:32 AM, Gord Tomlin gt.ibm.li...@actionsoftware.com said: While there is an RFC (I'm not going to hunt for the number on a Sunday) that specifies that bottom posting is correct, More precisely, it specifies that a response follow the

Odd request: anyone know of where I might find a 4361 or a 4381?

2012-07-29 Thread David Boyes
Totally off the wall request, but I've been contacted by a museum to try to locate a 4361 or 4381 CPU and console terminal. Slight preference for the 4361 because of the integrated 3270 and ICA adapters, but either will do. I have enough other I/O devices to form a working system, but lack the

Unix file system - space release question

2012-07-29 Thread NAIDOO, Raleigh
I have configured sftp to run under USS on my z/OS V1.11 system. The physical HFS file system associated with sftp files seems to continuously run out of space. The data in this physical file system is transient in that it is removed once it has been copied to the mainframe for inbound files