INFO-VAX Thu, 17 Jan 2008 Volume 2008 : Issue 34 Contents: DS15 systems in stock Re: our toll free number is down Re: our toll free number is down Why Writers Buy Asbestos Undies ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:15:13 -0500 From: "David Turner, Island Computers" Subject: DS15 systems in stock Message-ID: <13ov392e30gbue9@news.supernews.com> We have a few DS15 systems if anyone is looking for one... Configured per your requirements Email inquiry to sales@islandco.com -- David B Turner Island Computers US Corp 1207 East Highway 80 Suite D Tybee GA 31328 Toll Free: 877-6364332 x201 Intl: 912 786 8502 x201 Fax: 912 786 8505 E: dturner@islandco.com F: 912 201 0402 W: http://www.islandco.com The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, proprietary, and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from all computers. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:16:32 GMT From: VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG Subject: Re: our toll free number is down Message-ID: In article <478ECA26.52F69402@spam.comcast.net>, David J Dachtera writes: > > >VAXman-, @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote: >> >> In article <37wjj.75603$K27.10062@bignews6.bellsouth.net>, David Turner writes: >> > >> > >> >As we do a lot of business with people on this newsgroup we thought it >> >prudent to note that ATT, in their infinite wisdom have screwed up our >> >toll free number. They "don't know" (!!!) when they will have it fixed. >> >Our regular number (912 786 8502) is working as well as email and web >> >> Be thankful you don't have Verizon! > >In the chi.internet newsgroup, it was referred to as "Verizoff" in >testimony to the perceived uptime of the services. I don't lurk there >anymore, though. I've called them Veriznone in testimony of my Tnone service with them. -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)COM "Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?" http://tmesis.com/drat.html ------------------------------ Date: 17 Jan 2008 14:49:50 GMT From: billg999@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) Subject: Re: our toll free number is down Message-ID: <5v988eF1kipttU1@mid.individual.net> In article <478ECA26.52F69402@spam.comcast.net>, David J Dachtera writes: > VAXman-, @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote: >> >> In article <37wjj.75603$K27.10062@bignews6.bellsouth.net>, David Turner writes: >> > >> > >> >As we do a lot of business with people on this newsgroup we thought it >> >prudent to note that ATT, in their infinite wisdom have screwed up our >> >toll free number. They "don't know" (!!!) when they will have it fixed. >> >Our regular number (912 786 8502) is working as well as email and web >> >> Be thankful you don't have Verizon! > > In the chi.internet newsgroup, it was referred to as "Verizoff" in > testimony to the perceived uptime of the services. I don't lurk there > anymore, though. > Interesting. I used to have cable modem service for my INTERNET. Verto, then Adelphia and most recently it became Comcast. I dumped them in the Adelphia perid after calling them every day for a week because my service was out only to have them tell me they were not aware of any problems and they had no reports from customers about any outages. I dumped them in favor of Verizon DSL. I have had one outage in the several years now that Ihave been with them and that was due to a car taking out a pole just down the street. It was fixed in just over an hour. Guess it's not necessarily Verizon as much as the quality of your local staff. I should probably mention that my wireless is Verizon as well and I have never had a problem with it either. I remember being way off in the woods on the northernmost part of Ft. Drum, NY (spitting distance from Canada) and having cell service when all the people with other companies had nothing. That was also the time of the blackout and I distinctly remember those of us with Verizon never loosing out service even after all the others went down. Go figure. bill -- Bill Gunshannon | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n. Three wolves bill@cs.scranton.edu | and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. University of Scranton | Scranton, Pennsylvania | #include ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:48:18 -0800 (PST) From: yyyc186 Subject: Why Writers Buy Asbestos Undies Message-ID: Here is what the Kirkus reviewer had to say. I guess this explains why there were no OpenVMS books in their review database. This hefty tome provides brief and rambling introductions to programming on OpenVMS in a number of languages. In overall structure, this guide to programming on an OpenVMS platform is logically laid out. An introduction to OpenVMS is followed by overviews of source control systems, programming to interact with VMSMAIL, reporting services and finally, a number of programming languages: DCL, BASIC, Fortran, COBOL, C and C++. The same application--a simple lottery demonstration with input and out- put datasets--is re-implemented in each of the languages. At its simplest, this is a common and straight-forward layout for an introductory programming manual. The individual chapters, however, are incoherent. The introduction to VMS wanders from simple concepts such as logging in and symbol assignment to a sweeping and unclear description of system logicals to the complexity of ACLs. The chapter on Fortran interrupts a discussion of Fortran fundamentals such as line numbers and numeric operators with several paragraphs on the history of Fortran batch processing. The COBOL chapter wonders why the owners of the OpenVMS operating system haven't modified all programming languages implemented on the operating system to match functionality that text finds desirable in COBOL. The chapter on C and C++ treats C+ + as a mere functional enhancement of C, and scoffs at the object- oriented functionality of C++. OpenVMS-specific variables, constants and extensions are usefully listed, but the context does not allow for clear explanation of their functionality. A clos- ing chapter of "Ruminations and Observations" is an incoherent and ranting distraction from what utility the technical chapters provide. A nice idea but lacks clarity. ------------------------------ End of INFO-VAX 2008.034 ************************