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2023: p4, p3, p2, p1, 2022; p8, p7, p6, p5, p4, p3, p2, p1, 2021: p11, p10, p9, p8, p7, p6, p5, p4, p3, p2, p1, 2020: p1, 2019: p5, p4, p3, p2, p1, 2018: p6, p5, p4, p3, p2, p1, 2017: p11, p10, p9, p8, p7, p6, p5, p4, p3, p2, p1, 2016: p8, p7, p6, p5, p4, p3, p2, p1, 2015: p8, p7, p6, p5, p4, p3, p2, p1, 2014: p13, p12, p11, p10, p9, p8, p7, p6, p5, p4, p3, p2, p1, 2013: p15, p14, p13, p12, p11, p10, p9, p8, p7, p6, p5, p4, p3, p2, p1, 2012: p16, p15, p14, p13, p12, p11, p10, p9, p8, p7, p6, p5, p4, p3, p2, p1, 2011: p16, p15, p14, p13, p12, p11, p10, p9, p8, p7, p6, p5, p4, p3, p2, p1, 2010: p17, p16, p15, p14, p13, p12, p11, p10, p9, p8, p7, p6, p5, p4, p3, p2, p1, 2009: p19, p18, p17, p16, p15, p14, p13, p12, p11, p10, p9, p8, p7, p6, p5, p4, p3, p2, p1, 2008: p19, p18, p17, p16, p15, p14, p13, p12, p11, p10, p9, p8, p7, p6, p5, p4, p3, p2, p1 2007: p22, p21, p20, p19, p18, p17, p16, p15, p14, p13, p12, p11, p10, p9, p8, p7, p6, p5, p4, p3, p2, p1 2006: p25, p24, p23, p22, p21, p20, p19, p18, p17, p16, p15, p14, p13, p12, p11, p10, p9, p8, p7, p6, p5, p4, p3, p2, p1 2005: p22, p21, p20, p19, p18, p17, p16, p15, p14, p13, p12, p11, p10, p9, p8, p7, p6, p5, p4, p3, p2, p1, 2004: p17, p16, p15, p14, p13, p12, p11, p10, p9, p8, p7, p6, p5, p4, p3, p2, p1, 2003: p16, p15, p14, p13, p12, p11, p10, p9, p8, p7, p6, p5, p4, p3, p2 p1 2002: p17, p16, p15, p14, p13, p12, p11, p10, p9, p8, p7, p6, p5, p4, p3, p2, p1 2001: p14, p13, p12, p11, p10, p9, p8, p7, p6, p5, p4, p3, p2, p1 2000: p7, p6, p5, p4, p3, p2, p1
1999 - 1998 - 1997 - 1996 - 1995 - 1994 - 1993

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Network related postings (2023- )

30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
5G Hype Cycle
Adventure Game
Al Gore Inventing The Internet
Another 4341 thread
big and little, Can BCD and binary multipliers share circuitry?
Classified Material and Security
Classified Material and Security
Conflicts with IBM Communication Group
Conflicts with IBM Communication Group
Conflicts with IBM Communication Group
Conflicts with IBM Communication Group
Early Webservers
Early Webservers
Ethernet (& CAT5)
Ethernet (& CAT5)
Ethernet (& CAT5)
Ethernet (& CAT5)
Ethernet (& CAT5)
Ethernet (& CAT5)
Ethernet (& CAT5)
Fortran
GML, SGML, & HTML
HURD
IBM 158-3 (& 4341)
IBM 3031, 3032, 3033
IBM 370
IBM 370
IBM 4341
IBM 4341
IBM 4341
IBM Change
IBM Change
IBM Change
IBM Change
IBM changes between 1968 and 1989
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM HSDT Technology
IBM Punch Cards
IBM ROLM
IBM ROLM
IBM San Jose
IBM TLA
IBM's Near Demise
IBM/PC and Microchannel
INTEROP 88 Santa Clara
Lick and Keck Observatories
Memories of Mosaic
Memories of Mosaic
Memories of Mosaic
Memories of Mosaic
Northern Va. is the heart of the internet. Not everyone is happy about that
Online Computer Conferencing
Online Computer Conferencing
Online systems fostering online communication
Online systems fostering online communication
Online Terminals
PROFS trivia
STS-41-D and SBS-4
TCP/IP, Internet, Ethernet, 3Tier
TCP/IP, Internet, Ethernet, 3Tier
TCP/IP, Internet, Ethernet, 3Tier
VM/370 3270 Terminal
VM/370 3270 Terminal
XTP, OSI & LAN/MAC
z/VM 50th - Part 6, long winded zm story (before z/vm)

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Mainframe related postings (2023- )

1403 printer
2023 IBM Poughkeepsie, NY
2023 IBM Poughkeepsie, NY
23Jun1969 Unbundling and Online IBM Branch Offices
30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
360 Announce and then the Future System Disaster
360 Announce Stories
360 Announce Stories
360 Announce Stories
370 Virtual Memory Decision
370/125 and MVCL instruction
7090/7044 Direct Couple
Account Transaction Update
Adventure
Adventure Game
Adventure Game
Almost IBM class student
Almost IBM class student
Another 4341 thread
ASCII/TTY Terminal Support
big and little, Can BCD and binary multipliers share circuitry?
Bimodal Distribution
Boeing to deliver last 747, the plane that democratized flying
Boeing to deliver last 747, the plane that democratized flying
Classified Material and Security
Clone/OEM IBM systems
Conflicts with IBM Communication Group
Conflicts with IBM Communication Group
Conflicts with IBM Communication Group
CP67 "IPL-by-name"
Dataprocessing 48hr shift
Disk optimization
DISK Performance and Reliability
Ethernet (& CAT5)
Ethernet (& CAT5)
Ethernet (& CAT5)
Ethernet (& CAT5)
Ethernet (& CAT5)
Fortran
Fortran
Global & Local Page Replacement
GML, SGML, & HTML
IBM "Green Card"
IBM 158-3 (& 4341)
IBM 158-3 (& 4341)
IBM 158-3 (& 4341)
IBM 158-3 (& 4341)
IBM 3031, 3032, 3033
IBM 3031, 3032, 3033
IBM 3081 TCM
IBM 3081 TCM
IBM 360 Folklore
IBM 360/40 and CP/40
IBM 370
IBM 370
IBM 370
IBM 370
IBM 4341
IBM 4341
IBM 4341
IBM 4341
IBM 4341
IBM 4341
IBM 4341
IBM 4341
IBM AIX
IBM AIX
IBM AIX
IBM and OSS
IBM Big Blue, True Blue, Bleed Blue
IBM Change
IBM Change
IBM Change
IBM Change
IBM Change
IBM changes between 1968 and 1989
IBM CICS
IBM DASD
IBM DASD
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM HASP (& 2780 terminal)
IBM Mainframe
IBM Marketing, Sales, Branch Offices
IBM Punch Cards
IBM Punch Cards
IBM Punch Cards
IBM Punch Cards
IBM Punch Cards
IBM Punch Cards
IBM Punch Cards
IBM Punch Cards
IBM ROLM
IBM San Jose
IBM San Jose
IBM San Jose
IBM San Jose
IBM Term "DASD"
IBM Term "DASD"
IBM TLA
IBM TLA
IBM User Group, SHARE
IBM User Group, SHARE
IBM User Group, SHARE
IBM VM370 "Resource Manager"
IBM/PC
IMS & DB2
Intel's Core i9-13900KS breaks the 6GHz barrier
IRS and legacy COBOL
IRS and legacy COBOL
IRS and legacy COBOL
Mainframe Assembler
Mainrame Channel Redrive
Mainrame Channel Redrive
More Dataprocessing Career
MTS & IBM 360/67
MTS & IBM 360/67
NCSS and Dun & Bradstreet
NSFNET (Old Farts)
Online Computer Conferencing
Online Computer Conferencing
Online systems fostering online communication
Online systems fostering online communication
Online Terminals
Performance Predictor, IBM downfall, and new CEO
PROFS trivia
Punch Cards
Some 3033 (and other) Trivia
StorageTek Tape Library
Sunset IBM JES3
TCP/IP, Internet, Ethernet, 3Tier
VM/370 3270 Terminal
VM/370 3270 Terminal
VM/370 3270 Terminal
VM/370 3270 Terminal
VM/370 3270 Terminal
VM/370 3270 Terminal
VM/370 3270 Terminal
VM/370 3270 Terminal
VM/370 3270 Terminal
XTP, OSI & LAN/MAC
z/VM 50th - Part 6, long winded zm story (before z/vm)
z/VM 50th - part 7

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Current Collected subjects (2023- )

$209bn a year is what fossil fuel firms owe in climate reparations
$209bn a year is what fossil fuel firms owe in climate reparations
$4 Trillion In U.S. Wealth Is Stashed Overseas, Much Of It In Tax Havens
'Oligarchs run Russia. But guess what? They run the US as well'
'Pay your fair share': Biden's talk on taxes echoes our findings The State of the Union speech hammered on tax inequality
'Saddam was terrible but we had security': the Iraq war 20 years on
1403 printer
2023 IBM Poughkeepsie, NY
2023 IBM Poughkeepsie, NY
23Jun1969 Unbundling and Online IBM Branch Offices
30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
360 Announce and then the Future System Disaster
360 Announce Stories
360 Announce Stories
360 Announce Stories
370 Virtual Memory Decision
370/125 and MVCL instruction
5G Hype Cycle
7090/7044 Direct Couple
Account Transaction Update
Adventure
Adventure Game
Adventure Game
Adventure Game
After the storm, hopefully
After the storm, hopefully
After the storm, hopefully
AI means everyone can now be a programmer, Nvidia chief says
Al Gore Inventing The Internet
Almost IBM class student
Almost IBM class student
Another 4341 thread
Anti-Union Capitalism Is Wrecking America
ASCII/TTY Terminal Support
AUSMINIUM FOUND IN HEAVY RED-TAPE DISCOVERY
AUSMINIUM FOUND IN HEAVY RED-TAPE DISCOVERY
big and little, Can BCD and binary multipliers share circuitry?
Bimodal Distribution
Boeing to deliver last 747, the plane that democratized flying
Boeing to deliver last 747, the plane that democratized flying
Boeing to deliver last 747, the plane that democratized flying
Boyd & IBM "Wild Duck" Discussion
Charlie Kirk's 'Turning Point' Pivots to Christian Nationalism
Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire
Classified Material and Security
Classified Material and Security
Classified Material and Security
Clone/OEM IBM systems
Conflicts with IBM Communication Group
Conflicts with IBM Communication Group
Conflicts with IBM Communication Group
Conflicts with IBM Communication Group
Conflicts with IBM Communication Group
Congress Has Been Captured by the Arms Industry
Corporate Greed Is a Root Cause of Rail Disasters Around the World
CP67 "IPL-by-name"
Credit Suisse whistleblowers say Swiss bank has been helping wealthy Americans dodge U.S. taxes for years
Credit Suisse whistleblowers say Swiss bank has been helping wealthy Americans dodge U.S. taxes for years
Dataprocessing 48hr shift
Dataprocessing Career
Dataprocessing Career
Dean of the Columbia University Business School
Disk optimization
DISK Performance and Reliability
Dunning-Kruger
Early Webservers
Early Webservers
Economic Mess and IBM Science Center
Economic Mess and IBM Science Center
Ethernet (& CAT5)
Ethernet (& CAT5)
Ethernet (& CAT5)
Ethernet (& CAT5)
Ethernet (& CAT5)
Ethernet (& CAT5)
Ethernet (& CAT5)
Ethernet (& CAT5)
F15 & SST 2707
Father, Son & CO
Father, Son & CO
Federal Deficit and Debt
Fortran
Fortran
Fortran
Free Money Turned Brains to Mush, Now Some Banks Fail
Gangsters of Capitalism
Global & Local Page Replacement
Global & Local Page Replacement
GlobalFoundries sues IBM for flogging 'chip secrets to Intel, Rapidus'
GML, SGML, & HTML
Google Tells Some Employees to Share Desks After Pushing Return-to-Office Plan
Health Care in Crisis: Warning! US Capitalism is Lethal
History Is Un-American. Real Americans Create Their Own Futures
How a Covert Firm Spreads Lies and Chaos Around the World
How to Humiliate an Economist
HURD
HURD
Hypocrisy: Putin should be Punished as a War Criminal, but so Should many in Washington, D.C
IBM "Green Card"
IBM "Top Gun"
IBM (FE) Retain
IBM 158-3 (& 4341)
IBM 158-3 (& 4341)
IBM 158-3 (& 4341)
IBM 158-3 (& 4341)
IBM 3031, 3032, 3033
IBM 3031, 3032, 3033
IBM 3081 TCM
IBM 3081 TCM
IBM 360 Folklore
IBM 360/40 and CP/40
IBM 370
IBM 370
IBM 370
IBM 370
IBM 370
IBM 4341
IBM 4341
IBM 4341
IBM 4341
IBM 4341
IBM 4341
IBM 4341
IBM 4341
IBM 4341
IBM 5100
IBM ACIS
IBM AIX
IBM AIX
IBM AIX
IBM and OSS
IBM and OSS
IBM Big Blue, True Blue, Bleed Blue
IBM Breakup
IBM Breakup
IBM Breakup
IBM Bureaucrats, Careerists, MBAs (and Empty Suits)
IBM Bureaucrats, Careerists, MBAs (and Empty Suits)
IBM Change
IBM Change
IBM Change
IBM Change
IBM Change
IBM changes between 1968 and 1989
IBM changes between 1968 and 1989
IBM CICS
IBM Commission and Quota
IBM DASD
IBM DASD
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM Downfall
IBM downturn and downfall
IBM Empty Suits
IBM HASP (& 2780 terminal)
IBM HSDT Technology
IBM Introduces 'Vela' Cloud AI Supercomputer Powered by Intel, Nvidia
IBM Introduces 'Vela' Cloud AI Supercomputer Powered by Intel, Nvidia
IBM Levels of Management
IBM Levels of Management
IBM Los Gatos Lab
IBM Loses Top Patent Spot After Decades as Leader
IBM Mainframe
IBM Marketing, Sales, Branch Offices
IBM Marketing, Sales, Branch Offices
IBM Oxymoron
IBM Oxymorons
IBM Punch Cards
IBM Punch Cards
IBM Punch Cards
IBM Punch Cards
IBM Punch Cards
IBM Punch Cards
IBM Punch Cards
IBM Punch Cards
IBM ROLM
IBM ROLM
IBM ROLM
IBM San Jose
IBM San Jose
IBM San Jose
IBM San Jose
IBM Technology
IBM Term "DASD"
IBM Term "DASD"
IBM TLA
IBM TLA
IBM User Group, SHARE
IBM User Group, SHARE
IBM VM/370
IBM VM370 "Resource Manager"
IBM Wild Ducks
IBM's Near Demise
IBM/PC
IBM/PC and Microchannel
If Nothing Changes, Nothing Changes
Impunity and Capitalism: The Afterlives of European Financial Crises, 1690-1830
IMS & DB2
Inside the Pentagon's New "Perception Management" Office to Counter Disinformation
Intel's Core i9-13900KS breaks the 6GHz barrier
INTEROP 88 Santa Clara
IRS and legacy COBOL
IRS and legacy COBOL
IRS and legacy COBOL
Lee Considered (Civil War America)
Lee Considered (Civil War America)
Lee Considered (Civil War America)
Leopards Eat Kevin McCarthy's Face
Lick and Keck Observatories
Lobbyists Begin Chipping Away at Biden's $80 Billion I.R.S. Overhaul
Mainframe Assembler
Mainrame Channel Redrive
Mainrame Channel Redrive
Massive Archive of Iraq War Lies Disappeared from "Center for Public Integrity"
Medicare Begins to Rein In Drug Costs for Older Americans
Memories of Mosaic
Memories of Mosaic
Memories of Mosaic
Memories of Mosaic
Mercedes-Benz and Nvidia team up to develop next-generation supercomputers for cars
More Dataprocessing Career
More Dataprocessing Career
More Dataprocessing Career
MTS & IBM 360/67
MTS & IBM 360/67
NCSS and Dun & Bradstreet
NEC processors banned for 386 industrial espionage?
Netherlands and Uithoorn
Northern Va. is the heart of the internet. Not everyone is happy about that
Not Your Grandfather's Military-Industrial-Complex
NSFNET (Old Farts)
Online Computer Conferencing
Online Computer Conferencing
Online systems fostering online communication
Online systems fostering online communication
Online Terminals
Open Software Foundation
Open Software Foundation
Performance Predictor, IBM downfall, and new CEO
Ponzi Hospitals and Counterfeit Capitalism
Private equity gobbling up defense firms at a frightening pace: Experts
PROFS trivia
Public Education as a Domestic Machinery of Indoctrination and Disposability
Punch Cards
Railroaded
Revealed: Exxon Made "Breathtakingly" Accurate Climate Predictions in 1970's and 80's
Riddle solved: Why was Roman concrete so durable?
Savage Capitalism. From Climate Change to Bank Failures to War
Schooling Was for the Industrial Era, Unschooling Is for the Future
Should We Expect to See a Rise in Christian Nationalist Violence in the US?
Silicon Valley Bank collapses after failing to raise capital
Silicon Valley Bank collapses after failing to raise capital
Silicon Valley Bank collapses after failing to raise capital
Silicon Valley Bank collapses after failing to raise capital
Silicon Valley Bank collapses after failing to raise capital
Silicon Valley Bank collapses after failing to raise capital
Silicon Valley Bank collapses after failing to raise capital
Silicon Valley Bank collapses after failing to raise capital
Silicon Valley Bank collapses after failing to raise capital
Silicon Valley Bank collapses after failing to raise capital
Silicon Valley Bank collapses after failing to raise capital
Software Process
Some 3033 (and other) Trivia
stacking blocks After the storm, hopefully
StorageTek Tape Library
STS-41-D and SBS-4
Sunset IBM JES3
Survival of the Richest
TCP/IP, Internet, Ethernet, 3Tier
TCP/IP, Internet, Ethernet, 3Tier
TCP/IP, Internet, Ethernet, 3Tier
That 80s Feeling: How to Get Serious About Bank Reform This Time and Why We Won't
The Architects of the Iraq War: Where Are They Now? They're all doing great, thanks for asking
The Atlantic Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Iraq War With Lavish Falsehoods About Iraq War
The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens Our Businesses, Infantilizes Our Governments, and Warps Our Economies
The Big Con
The Bunker: Tarnished Silver Bullets
The Bunker: What the Leak Really Reveals
The Enormous Limitations of U.S. Liberal Democracy and Its Consequences: The Growth Of Fascism
The Iraq War was dominated by groupthink and absolutely no humility
The Iraq War the Biggest Con of the 21st Century
The Ladder of Incompetence: 5 Reasons We Promote the Wrong People
The many ethics scandals of Clarence and Ginni Thomas, briefly explained
The Military-Industrial Complex and American Fascism
The Pentagon Saw a Warship Boondoggle
The Progenitor of Inequalities - Corporate Personhood vs. Human Beings
US Auto Industry
VM/370 3270 Terminal
VM/370 3270 Terminal
VM/370 3270 Terminal
VM/370 3270 Terminal
VM/370 3270 Terminal
VM/370 3270 Terminal
VM/370 3270 Terminal
VM/370 3270 Terminal
VM/370 3270 Terminal
VM/370 3270 Terminal
VM/370 3270 Terminal
What Does School Teach Children?
What is the Federalist Society and What Do They Want From Our Courts?
When Computer Coding Was a 'Woman's' Job
Why Some Climate Lawsuits Succeed While Others Crash and Burn
XTP, OSI & LAN/MAC
Years Before East Palestine Disaster, Congressional Allies of the Rail Industry Intervened to Block Safety Regulations
z/VM 50th - Part 6, long winded zm story (before z/vm)
z/VM 50th - part 7

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