Re: Are posts from Annie and Leon Wheeler a bot or something?
They are automatically generated by the Wayback Machine. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lindy Mayfield Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 1:18 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Are posts from Annie and Leon Wheeler a bot or something? Just curious if these posts are automated. They all have started to look quite the same. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Are posts from Annie and Leon Wheeler a bot or something?
If Lynn Wheeler has written a program to read the IBMMAIN and IBMVM listserv postings and respond with references to relevant past postings and occasional new material that has not been circulated through the MVS and VM sysprog communities, I WANT THAT PROGRAM. It must be good code. /Tom Kern On Thu, 7 Sep 2006 22:18:06 +0200, Lindy Mayfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Just curious if these posts are automated. They all have started to look >quite the same. > >Could be a Turing test, too. (-: > >-- -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Are posts from Annie and Leon Wheeler a bot or something?
>Just curious if these posts are automated. They all have started to look >quite the same. >Could be a Turing test, too. (-: Frankly, I'm sick of them. Everytime somebody says something, they have a post or 70 regarding everything. Just once, I would like to see some real content from them. Not! More on VM from 1969 and how it did everything, and controlled everything. AND, how they had modified the code to so it. When in doubt. PANIC!! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Are posts from Annie and Leon Wheeler a bot or something?
Lindy Mayfield wrote: Just curious if these posts are automated. They all have started to look quite the same. Could be a Turing test, too. (-: I just checked a few postings by filtering on the sender address (you have it slightly wrong) and I think I understand your concern. Kind of PITA. Well, you can always use a killfile or message filter or what your mail client provides, that's the fastest and easiest relief for the pain and itch. I don't have the time to read all postings anyway, I do manual filtering by subject and sender. -- Ulrich Boche SVA GmbH, Germany IBM Premier Business Partner -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Are posts from Annie and Leon Wheeler a bot or something?
Lindy Mayfield wrote: Just curious if these posts are automated. They all have started to look quite the same. Correction: Anne & Lynn Wheeler In fact these looks so. However Anne or Lynn could answer us & confirm or deny. Lynn ? Can you answer us, please ? Personally I don't read these posts. Each of them is looong, unclear for me and contains many links to "garlic" web page which makes reading even harder. I tried to understand the point in some posts of Lynn. I really tried. I gave up. What is good Lynn never answers "no, you're wrong, I know it" or fight for the only proper meaning of USS acronym -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Are posts from Annie and Leon Wheeler a bot or something?
Gee, in one of his replies to Phil Payne, he mentions "one of your articles" and links to the Isham Research web site. Seems human enough to me. If it's a bot, it's good enough to pass a Turing test. Jon However Anne or Lynn could answer us & confirm or deny. Lynn ? Can you answer us, please ? He also is not insulting or demeaning to other posters. I'll take that. What is good Lynn never answers "no, you're wrong, I know it" or fight for the only proper meaning of USS acronym -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Are posts from Annie and Leon Wheeler a bot or something?
Whatever their site is I'm deeply envious of how comprehensive its contents are. The design must be such that: 1. It's readily update-able. 2. It's readily search-able, in that a reference to the 1978 version of the ABC Frammis get quoted rather instantly. 3. Seeming non-redundant, though I must admit I only read a few additional peripheral links. Anyway, it impresses me... tb -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Brock Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 12:44 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Are posts from Annie and Leon Wheeler a bot or something? Gee, in one of his replies to Phil Payne, he mentions "one of your articles" and links to the Isham Research web site. Seems human enough to me. If it's a bot, it's good enough to pass a Turing test. Jon However Anne or Lynn could answer us & confirm or deny. Lynn ? Can you answer us, please ? He also is not insulting or demeaning to other posters. I'll take that. What is good Lynn never answers "no, you're wrong, I know it" or fight for the only proper meaning of USS acronym --- --- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Are posts from Annie and Leon Wheeler a bot or something?
tony babonas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Whatever their site is I'm deeply envious of how >comprehensive its contents are. The design must be >such that: >1. It's readily update-able. >2. It's readily search-able, in that a reference to the >1978 version of the ABC Frammis get quoted > rather instantly. >3. Seeming non-redundant, though I must admit I only >read a few additional peripheral links. Lynn Wheeler was one of the very early VM developers. He's been around IBM for 30+ years, starting as a student. That doesn't answer the questions about the site, but that's WHO he is, anyway -- he's got the chops, he knows what he's on about. ...phsiii -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Are posts from Annie and Leon Wheeler a bot or something?
>Lynn Wheeler was one of the very early VM developers. He's been around IBM >for 30+ years, starting as a student. But, his posts are repetitive, difficult to read, and content-free. I find, as I have said before, no value add. History is one thing. Droning posts are another. When in doubt. PANIC!! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
