Ted > You are so arogant that I'm not going to bother responding to you ever again.
It looks like you've already responded once too often! > You carp over such an insignificant trifle and insult people just because > they use USS in a different context than your oh so perfect world. There's none so ignorant as those who will not read. > You carp ... Any "carping" on my part was in direct response to unwarranted "carping". I refuse to be "carped" at, it's that simple! > ... over such an insignificant trifle ... I agree and my initial post in this thread was indeed simply treating the matter as an "insignificant trifle". It's the inventive responses which have inflated a triviality out of all proportion. > ... insult people ... No evidence has been presented to support this accusation. It has somehow just been assumed. I wonder why. > ... just because they use USS in a different context ... ... than is strictly correct - as - just to keep it simple for those who appear to prefer simplicity - is stated in this IBM web page which at least one responder seems to have had difficulty browsing: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/globalization/terminology/u.html <quote> unformatted system service (USS) A communications function that translates a character-coded command, such as a LOGON or LOGOFF command, into a field-formatted command for processing by formatted system services. See also formatted system service. ... USS See unformatted system service. </quote> Actually even this august source is ever so slightly wrong since it really ought to be "services" - in the plural. Well, we are all supposed to strive for perfection, aren't we? And, if you are still resisting having your illusions shattered, you can take another look at this imprimatur which I posted in another response earlier - but bigotry has such a narrow throat: http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0907&L=ibm- main&T=0&F=&S=&P=198809 > USS has been 'hijacked' ... Obviously a matter of opinion over which it is possible to differ and offer debate. Democracy doesn't apply but accuracy does. But, of course, if you abandon the debate, you abandon the field. > ... and in the context of HFS we know which it means. I agree. As I explained in the post to John McKown, it's other contexts where misuse is potentially hazardous - and in one case I happened to spot eighteen months or so ago actually so. > Grow up! On the contrary, you should descend from your elevated steed before you do yourself an injury! - Incidentally, I hope the principle perpetrator of "such nonsense" appreciates my having taken heed of his suggestion to initiate the change of Subject which he felt was required. Chris Mason P.S. I hope you won't consider this too arrogant of me to point out that there are two "r"s. After all, as I said, we should strive for perfection and my accuracy with the keyboard is so poor that I do rather rely on the "Spelling" icon. . On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 23:30:50 +0000, Ted MacNEIL <[email protected]> wrote: >>What tosh! I reserve the right to point out when a word such as, for example, "bitching" is used inappropriately and not to do so is not an option! > >You are so arogant that I'm not going to bother responding to you ever again. > >You carp over such an insignificant trifle and insult people just because they use USS in a different context than your oh so perfect world. > >USS has been 'hijacked' and in the context of HFS we know which it means. > >Grow up! > >- >Ted MacNEIL >[email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
