Nonsense. Religion.
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Monday, August 14, 2023, 10:10 PM, David Spiegel <00000468385049d1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: Hi Bill, It's a free country and you can believe whatever nonsense you want. Regards, David On 2023-08-14 21:43, Bill Johnson wrote: > Extrapolating Adam/Eve are fictional so too are their children. > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Monday, August 14, 2023, 9:42 PM, Bill Johnson > <00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > Adam and Eve are fictional as well. > > Historicity. While a traditional view was that the Book of Genesis was > authored by Moses and has been considered historical and metaphorical, modern > scholars consider the Genesis creation narrative as one of various ancient > origin myths. > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Monday, August 14, 2023, 9:12 PM, David Spiegel > <00000468385049d1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > Hi Bill, > You said: "... Cain & Abel which is fictional. ..." > Do you have proof for this assertion? > > Regards, > David > > On 2023-08-14 20:02, Bill Johnson wrote: >> I worked with many brilliant computer people over the years. I also worked >> with people like most of the usual posters here. People who got into IT >> because they were white and breathing. Many from the military. Ask 10 >> posters here a question and you get 4-5 different answers and every poster >> thinks his answer is absolute. There are literally thousands of mainframe >> system programmers, yet the 20-30 here will swear because their tiny shop >> eliminated the mainframe, mainframes are dying. Even when faced with facts >> that say otherwise. Plus, the security on the platform is unmatched. Hackers >> would love to be able to hack the mainframe since that’s where the money is. >> Banks being the big one. >> >> I notice Bob Bridges listed these. “Did we learnanything from the Korean >> conflict, from the American civil war, the 100 Years' war, the Peloponnesian >> war, from Cain vs Abel?” >> >> I’m shocked Bob didn’t mention the Crusades. Where “pro life Christians” >> massacred hundreds of thousands and perhaps millions over 200 years. But did >> mention Cain & Abel which is fictional. >> >> >> Retirement is wonderful. I no longer have to deal with coworkers who can >> barely breathe and chew gum. >> >> >> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone >> >> >> On Monday, August 14, 2023, 7:37 PM, Wayne Bickerdike <wayn...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> A bigger head beats a bigger mouth every time. Johnson by name Johnson by >> nature. >> >> Yeah, I found this on the internet too: >> >> Noun[edit >> <https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=johnson&action=edit§ion=4>] >> >> *johnson* (*plural* *johnsons >> <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/johnsons#English>*) >> >> 1. (slang <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#slang>) >>Penis >> <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/penis>. quotations ▼synonym ▲Synonyms: >> *see* Thesaurus:penis <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Thesaurus:penis> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 6:33 AM Wayne Bickerdike <wayn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Way to miss the point Bill. Do you write programs that miss out things >>> because they can be easily found on the internet? >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 6:23 AM Bill Johnson < >>> 00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: >>> >>>> https://www.itprotoday.com/compute-engines/windows-nt-and-vms-rest-story >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone >>>> >>>> >>>> On Monday, August 14, 2023, 7:17 PM, Wayne Bickerdike <wayn...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Windows NT came from the VAX guys, I think. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 6:15 AM Wayne Bickerdike <wayn...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> *The facts. According to Bill Johnson.American computer programmer >>>> Timothy >>>>> Paterson, a developer for Seattle Computer Products, wrote the original >>>>> operating system for the Intel Corporation’s 8086 microprocessor in >>>> 1980, >>>>> initially calling it QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System), which was >>>>> soon renamed 86-DOS. A year later, fledgling company Microsoft >>>>> purchased exclusive rights to sell the system, renamed MS-DOS, to IBM >>>> for >>>>> their newly developed IBM-PC. IBM-compatible versions were marketed as >>>>> PC-DOS. Version 1.0 was released in 1981; additional upgraded versions >>>> kept >>>>> pace with the rapidly evolving PC. Windows 95, introduced by Microsoft >>>> in >>>>> 1995, incorporated MS-DOS 7.0 but ultimately superseded the MS-DOS >>>>> platform. Starting with Windows NT, Microsoft’s operating systems were >>>>> designed independently of MS-DOS, though they were capable of running >>>> some >>>>> MS-DOS applications.* >>>>> >>>>> Facts but missing lots of pivotal events. No mention of Gary Kildall. >>>>> Windows 2.0 was a brief look at a Windows O/S. Windows 3.0 preceded WIN >>>> 95 >>>>> as did Windows 3.1. >>>>> >>>>> Really who cares? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 6:09 AM Jon Perryman <jperr...@pacbell.net> >>>> wrote: >>>>>> > On Monday, August 14, 2023 at 03:15:12 PM PDT, Grant Taylor wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On 8/14/23 3:16 PM, Bob Bridges wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> My hang up is that -- as I understand it -- DOS was /never/ IBM's to >>>>>> start with. >>>>>> >>>>>>> DOS was /Microsoft's. >>>>>> Again, if you want some insights, you can watch >>>>>> https://youtu.be/Qc5khH5gllg?t=339 that seems to be the prevalent >>>> story. >>>>>> Is this different from the story as you understand it? >>>>>> >>>>>> 1. MS-DOS did not exist prior to IBM / Bill Gates meeting. >>>>>> >>>>>> 2. IBM wanted a new OS. IBM contractred Gates to create this OS which >>>> was >>>>>> to be called PC DOS. >>>>>> >>>>>> 3. Because IBM was gun shy from anti-trust lawsuits, it chose to >>>> exclude >>>>>> ownership of PC DOS thus allowing PC-DOS to be sold as MS-DOS by >>>> Microsoft. >>>>>> Microsoft was not the sole owner of DOS. One piece of software was >>>> owned >>>>>> by IBM and Microsoft. It was IBM's choice not to retain sole ownership >>>> of >>>>>> DOS. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>>>>> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Wayne V. Bickerdike >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> Wayne V. 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