Re: z/VM v5.2 - Common Criteria - Order Questions

2006-07-14 Thread Peter . Webb
And while you're at it, repeal the law of gravity, so that I don't have to worry about weight gain from eating too much 'chocolate chocolate chip' ice cream. -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Boyes Sent: July 14, 2006 12:26

Re: z/VM v5.2 - Common Criteria - Order Questions

2006-07-14 Thread Jim Vincent
> Repeal the law of simultaneity! Matter should be free to exist in > multiple places at the same time! Free the bound variables! > > -- db Open Source Reality? A think of the possibilities! ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide

Re: z/VM v5.2 - Common Criteria - Order Questions

2006-07-14 Thread David Boyes
> > > "There can only be one." > > > > (sigh) "There can be only one." > > > > Alan > > Now that reminds me of Mr Gilmore's postings on the Assembler list. > Please explain the difference for the gramatically challenged? The first is an exclusionary statement -- only one CAN exist. The second is

Re: OT: Name licensing

2006-07-14 Thread Adam Thornton
On Jul 14, 2006, at 6:28 AM, Neale Ferguson wrote: For $25, you can get a signed Certificate of Authenticity and a publicity photo! It's great! The photo makes a terrific dart board as well as scaring small children. *SMALL*? I use it as bear repellent. Adam

MDISK maximum FBA blocks for either FBA-512 or 9336

2006-07-14 Thread Mike Lee
Greetings, I would like to create a very large FBA disk (about 3,000,000 FBA 512 blocks) on a FLEX system with z/VM 4.3 to accommodate a z/VSE 3.1 system residence volume. However it appears that there is an artificial or real limit in the DIRECTXA command since I get the following error mess

Re: z/VM v5.2 - Common Criteria - Order Questions

2006-07-14 Thread Jon Brock
The problem is not grammatical; it is that the reference is to a quote from a movie -- "Highlander," maybe? -- and Alan posted the corrected quote. Jon > On Friday, 07/14/2006 at 09:56 AST, Nick Laflamme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Adam Thornton wrote: > > > On Jul 13, 2006, at 9:43

Re: Not Your Dad's Mainframe: Little Iron

2006-07-14 Thread Jim Bohnsack
DUMPRX was one of the slickest tools available for VM sysprogs in the '80s. With the overall level of code quality at that time, it was really needed. I have always thought that the only reason it wasn't included in the product was the NIH mentality that was common in IBM at that time in Endi

Re: MDC, Storage, xstore, and cache on External dasd.

2006-07-14 Thread Brian Nielsen
On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:45:55 -0400, Bill Bitner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Brian, when you say 'relative performance metrics' are you asking about >the CPU cost associated with the various paths? If so, I don't think >I have any current data on that. Partly because, it does depend on a lot >of

Re: OT: Name licensing

2006-07-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
...need to see your Curriculum Vitae before making my final decision! -Original Message- From: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 9:07 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: OT: Name licensing Importance: Low On Friday, 07/14/2006 at 01:08

Re: z/VM v5.2 - Common Criteria - Order Questions

2006-07-14 Thread Shimon Lebowitz
On 14 Jul 2006 at 10:10, Alan Altmark wrote: > > > On Friday, 07/14/2006 at 09:56 AST, Nick Laflamme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Adam Thornton wrote: > > > On Jul 13, 2006, at 9:43 PM, Alan Altmark wrote: > > >> Alan Altmark > > >> Lead Security Weasel > > > > > > David? Can that be *my* jo

Re: z/VM v5.2 - Common Criteria - Order Questions

2006-07-14 Thread Alan Altmark
On Friday, 07/14/2006 at 09:56 AST, Nick Laflamme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adam Thornton wrote: > > On Jul 13, 2006, at 9:43 PM, Alan Altmark wrote: > >> Alan Altmark > >> Lead Security Weasel > > > > David?  Can that be *my* job title? > > "There can only be one." (sigh) "There can be only

Re: z/VM v5.2 - Common Criteria - Order Questions

2006-07-14 Thread Nick Laflamme
Adam Thornton wrote: On Jul 13, 2006, at 9:43 PM, Alan Altmark wrote: Alan Altmark Lead Security Weasel David? Can that be *my* job title? "There can only be one."

Re: OT: Name licensing

2006-07-14 Thread Neale Ferguson
> For $25, you can get a signed Certificate of Authenticity and a publicity photo! It's great! The photo makes a terrific dart board as well as scaring small children.

Re: OT: Name licensing

2006-07-14 Thread Alan Altmark
On Friday, 07/14/2006 at 01:08 AST, David Boyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (Actually, that Altmark part really isn't all that bad. I mean, you can > get Alan Altmark action figures if you're really REALLY nice to Dame > Pam. Collect your set of VM Developer Action Figures today! Complete > with

Re: MDC, Storage, xstore, and cache on External dasd.

2006-07-14 Thread Bill Bitner
Brian, when you say 'relative performance metrics' are you asking about the CPU cost associated with the various paths? If so, I don't think I have any current data on that. Partly because, it does depend on a lot of different things. My suggestion there is to find a virtual machine that is fairly

{SPAM?} Re: Old IBM protocol IBM 1006

2006-07-14 Thread jmfbahciv
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Tim Shoppa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Anne & Lynn Wheeler wrote: >> as a result "ascii" arriving in the mainframe memory from a 2702 >> (linescanner) was "bit-reversed" ... and the ibm translate tables were >> taking that into account. > >Vaguely related: when

Re: z/VM v5.2 - Common Criteria - Order Questions

2006-07-14 Thread A. Harry Williams
On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 01:08:36 -0400 David Boyes said: >> On Jul 13, 2006, at 9:43 PM, Alan Altmark wrote: >> > Alan Altmark >> > Lead Security Weasel >> >> David? Can that be *my* job title? Not the "Alan Altmark" part. >Only if you agree to permanently move to Poughkeepsie and give up all You ma

Re: z/VM v5.2 - Common Criteria - Order Questions

2006-07-14 Thread Richards.Bob
You guys missed mentioning a HUGE marketing opportunity! This action figure already comes with a well established alter ago! CHUCKIE! Bob Richards -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Thornton Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 1:1