Re: Are posts from Annie and Leon Wheeler a bot or something?

2006-09-12 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>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. PAN

Re: Are posts from Annie and Leon Wheeler a bot or something?

2006-09-12 Thread Phil Smith III
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 i

Re: Are posts from Annie and Leon Wheeler a bot or something?

2006-09-11 Thread tony babonas
: 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 H

Re: Are posts from Annie and Leon Wheeler a bot or something?

2006-09-11 Thread Jon Brock
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, plea

Re: Are posts from Annie and Leon Wheeler a bot or something?

2006-09-10 Thread R.S.
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 p

Re: Are posts from Annie and Leon Wheeler a bot or something?

2006-09-07 Thread Ulrich Boche
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.

Re: Are posts from Annie and Leon Wheeler a bot or something?

2006-09-07 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>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.

Re: Are posts from Annie and Leon Wheeler a bot or something?

2006-09-07 Thread Thomas Kern
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

Re: Are posts from Annie and Leon Wheeler a bot or something?

2006-09-07 Thread Charles Mills
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