Re: IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for z/VM Announcement - End of Service - 12/31/2012

2011-07-07 Thread IBMVM Moderator
That grinding noise in the background? That's the sound of your moderator, observed in a poorly-suppressed fit of bruxism induced by choking back one of those harrumphing noises. Allow me to suggest that we defer further discussion of the off-topic aspects of this thread until, oh... some

Footnote, Re: [IBMVM] Nothing today?

2011-05-17 Thread IBMVM Moderator
And the web interface is... http://listserv.uark.edu/archives/ibmvm.html To answer the actual question: Yes. 8 posts thus far today, not counting this missive, all in this thread. *cough*enoughalready*cough* -dan. On 5/17/2011 4:37 PM, Alan Altmark wrote: On Tuesday, 05/17/2011 at

Moderator comment, Re: [IBMVM] Social Security Confronts IT Obsolescence

2011-03-15 Thread IBMVM Moderator
And now, a word from our moderator... Ladies, Gentlemen, dearest colleagues: Allow me, if I may, to offer a gentle nudge back toward the stated topic of the list. Many of our fellow travelers on this list are - as hard as this may be for some of the audience to believe - citizens of nations

Moderator intervention, Re: [IBMVM] Watson

2011-02-16 Thread IBMVM Moderator
*cough*way, way, way off-topic...*cough* On 2/16/2011 10:37 AM, Gregg Levine wrote: On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Marcy Cortes marcy.d.cor...@wellsfargo.com wrote: But it is! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto,_Kansas I kind of doubt it has 2 airports with a pop of 312. Marcy

Moderator Intervention Re: [IBMVM] OT

2011-01-20 Thread IBMVM Moderator
Dearest colleagues: And now, a word from your humble moderator: Harrumph. Football, right? No, no... Thank you... Please don't answer back to the list. scratches head thoughtfully... looks for relevance to z/VM... finds nothing... Please leave it alone. Resist the urge. Put it back

Moderator comment Re: [IBMVM] z/VM/ Linux Systems Programmer Opportunity ...

2010-03-24 Thread IBMVM Moderator
It's not just an issue of narrow-minded corporate management on theoretical remote systems. Please bear in mind that we are hosted, for free, by a state-run, tax-supported institution. For better or ill, UARK has a long-standing policy about not using their infrastructure for that type of

Re: subscription problem

2010-01-20 Thread IBMVM Moderator
I've added philip_tu...@adp.com to the list. I don't see any sign of subscription requests reaching lists...@listserv.uark.edu from that address, but I don't have full access to the server activity logs. The URL for subscription management is http://listserv.uark.edu/wa.exe List archives are

Moderator intervention, Re: [IBMVM] HELP

2009-11-05 Thread IBMVM Moderator
Your humble moderator is incapable of crafting a response which would even begin to approach the level of wit displayed in the earlier replies to this thread. While far less clever in nature, this information will hopefully prove to be somewhat more useful: Commands such as HELP should be

Moderator intervention Re: [IBMVM] z/VM 6.1 - IBM Preview Letter..

2009-07-08 Thread IBMVM Moderator
Dearest colleagues: The ongoing discussion has, I think, served to prove what I have believed all along: That we are, each and every one of us, exceptionally clever, witty, well-read and profoundly insightful individuals. If you will forgive the interruption, may I humbly suggest that this

Second moderator intervention Re: [IBMVM] z/VM 6.1 - IBM Preview Letter..

2009-07-08 Thread IBMVM Moderator
Ladies, gentlemen: Enough, please. In the immortal words of my father during long family road trips, please don't make me have to pull this car over to the side of the road! Pretty please? -dan.

Moderator intervention, Re: [IBMVM] IP change requested

2009-03-11 Thread IBMVM Moderator
Like nobody saw this coming... People, please... Let it go. Much more bandwidth has been consumed by well-reasoned and insightful commentary on this moment of oops than the original message itself. This is an excellent opportunity for us all to reflect on the probability that we will all

Moderator intervention, Re: [IBMVM] Must be Friday: Mainframe USBs!

2009-03-10 Thread IBMVM Moderator
Dear colleagues: Your moderator is compelled to point out that in may parts of the globe, it is now Tuesday. *cough*rampantlyofftopic*cough* By dint of the ongoing ramblings of this thread, it is officially confirmed: Many of us are older than dirt. Your humble moderator, while perhaps

Re: IP error

2009-03-03 Thread IBMVM Moderator
Harrumph. -moderator. Mike Walter wrote: Is his full title: Vlan the impaler Altmark? Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. *Rob van der Heij rvdh...@gmail.com* Sent by:

And now, A Word From Your Moderator Re: [IBMVM] Philosophical question...

2009-02-10 Thread IBMVM Moderator
Dear colleagues: Your moderator simply must, from time to time, extol the virtue of an on-topic discussion, while simultaneously objurgating the vice of loosely-hanging, just-begging-to-be-snipped, dangling little off-topic threads. I beseech each and every one of you to view this as a

Re: What people are doing

2008-09-19 Thread IBMVM Moderator
Dearest colleagues: I've already suggested, off-list, that further discussions of tiresome dollars-and-cents issues are better pursued off-list. Additional nuts-and-bolts content is welcome. Pithy remarks, tangential witticisms, contractual negotiations, etc will be discouraged with a

A brief comment from our moderator, Re: [IBMVM] Where Do I Go From Here?

2008-08-25 Thread IBMVM Moderator
Dearest friends and colleagues, By my (very likely imprecise) count, the last ten posts in this thread have added little by way of technical content to the original topic. I offer this comment as a gentle reminder that most - perhaps all - of the 881 current subscribers to our little

A second harrumph from your moderator, Re: [IBMVM] whitehouse email

2008-05-07 Thread IBMVM Moderator
Ladies and Gentlemen: If you simply *must* continue to discuss this thread, *please* take the discussion off-line from the list. Our generous host, the University of Arkansas, donates the services and infrastructure which support this forum with the understanding that the discussion is