Exactly right. Which describes many here.
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Friday, April 7, 2023, 6:13 PM, Frank Swarbrick <frank.swarbr...@outlook.com> wrote: No one knows as little as one who think's he knows it all. ________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Doug <d...@bkassociates.net> Sent: Friday, April 7, 2023 12:14 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Subject: Re: Stop the ragging on COBOL please [was: RE: ASM call by value] "Seldom right, but never uncertain." Frank Reagan. Describing you, I'd venture.... Doug Fuerst ------ Original Message ------ From: "Bill Johnson" <00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Sent: 07-Apr-23 13:36:27 Subject: Re: Stop the ragging on COBOL please [was: RE: ASM call by value] >You don’t really understand Twitter do you? If I follow the WaPo, the NYT, the >Guardian, the LA Times, the Miami Herald, the Associated Press, Al Jazeera >English, NPR, PBS, BBC, and science magazines, scientists, journalists, >lawyers, and other fact based sources, it’s like subscribing to them all. > >Add in some comedy sources and that’s my Twitter feed. > > >Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > >On Friday, April 7, 2023, 10:32 AM, Doug <d...@bkassociates.net> wrote: > >So you get your "news" from Twitter. For me, that explains ALOT! > >Doug Fuerst > > >------ Original Message ------ >From: "Bill Johnson" <00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> >To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu >Sent: 07-Apr-23 8:23:03 >Subject: Re: Stop the ragging on COBOL please [was: RE: ASM call by >value] > >>I’ve read numerous articles and analysis that indicates LinkedIn has a >>problem with embellished & fake resumes. Here’s one. >> >>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/29/linkedin-has-a-fake-profile-problem-can-it-fix-this-blot-on-its-cv >> >>I also don’t like having my information on the internet for all to see. I’m >>not on Facebook, Tiktok, Instagram, but do use Twitter to satisfy my news >>junkie inner self. >> >> >>Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone >> >> >>On Friday, April 7, 2023, 7:32 AM, Jeremy Nicoll >><jn.ls.mfrm...@letterboxes.org> wrote: >> >>On Fri, 7 Apr 2023, at 05:36, Bill Johnson wrote: >>> Yes Bill Johnson is my real name and I’ve never been on LinkedIn. >>> That’s just an ego trip and place where people like you go for >>> confirmation... >> >>I've certainly seen some people use it as an ego-trip, for "networking" >>and - presumably - trying to increase their chances of finding work. >> >>I use LinkedIn as a useful place to find out more about people whom >>I'm going to have contact with (in any sphere, certainly not just in >>computing). It's particularly useful when it's not entirely clear from >>some company's website whether they've got tens/hundreds of >>employees or just one person working from home. (In the UK) I also >>look at Companies House registrations of companies, who the directors >>are etc, and look at what else they're involved in, and especially if any >>of their prior businesses have gone under or they've been prosecuted >>for anything. >> >>Eg, is that lawyer someone who's worked for one or two companies >>for many years, or a whole string of places, never for more than a >>year or two, or did they only qualify last year? >> >>Is that "data protection officer" someone with any understanding of >>how computer systems work, or just an administrator, or a lawyer? >> >>Knowing more about people allows one to slant emails to them in >>differing ways, which can be useful. >> >> >>I'm listed there, but not for the purposes of finding work; mainly so >>that people whom I once worked with have a better chance of finding >>me if they want to. And also - you have to be a member to be able >>to see other people's profiles. >> >>-- >>Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own. >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> >> >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
