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2013-2015 Collected Postings,
2011-2012 Collected Postings,
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2005-2006 Collected Postings,
2003-2004 Collected Postings,
2001-2002 Collected Postings,
1993-2000 Collected Postings,
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Usenet Postings by year
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 (2013- )
- "Trust in digital certificate ecosystem eroding"
- "Trust in digital certificate ecosystem eroding"
- 'Free Unix!': The world-changing proclamation made30yearsagotoday
- 100 boxes of computer books on the wall
- 11 Years to Catch Up with Seymour
- 1969 networked word processor "Astrotype"
- 1973--TI 8 digit electric calculator--$99.95
- 1973--TI 8 digit electric calculator--$99.95
- 20 Things Incoming College Freshmen Will Never Understand
- 2013j.html#37 8080 BASIC
- 2014c.html#60 Bloat
- 23Jun1969 Unbundling Announcement
- 23Jun1969 Unbundling Announcement
- 23Jun1969 Unbundling Announcement
- 25 Years: How the Web began
- 25 Years: How the Web began
- 25 Years: How the Web began
- 25 Years: How the Web began
- 25 Years: How the Web began
- 30 yr old email
- 30 yr old email
- 30 yr old email
- 30 yr old email
- 30 yr old email
- 30 yr old email
- 30 yr old email
- 3380 was actually FBA?
- 350 DBAs stare blankly when reminded super-users can pinch data
- 3705
- 5 Easy Steps to a High Performance Cluster
- 5 Easy Steps to a High Performance Cluster
- 5 Easy Steps to a High Performance Cluster
- 50,000 x86 operating system on single mainframe
- 56kbit modems
- 8080 BASIC
- ? How programs in c language drew graphics directly to screen in old days without X or Framebuffer?
- [CM] IBM releases Z13 Mainframe - looks like Batman
- [CM] Ten recollections about the early WWW and Internet
- [CM] Ten recollections about the early WWW and Internet
- [CM] Ten recollections about the early WWW and Internet
- [Cryptography] Is it time for a revolution to replace TLS?
- [Poll] Computing favorities
- [Poll] Computing favorities
- [Poll] Computing favorities
- [Poll] Computing favorities
- [Poll] Computing favorities
- a bit of hope? What was old is new again
- A Brief History of Cloud Computing
- A Brief History of Cloud Computing
- A computer at home?
- A computer at home?
- A computer at home?
- A computer at home?
- A Fascinating History of JES2
- Ada's fate
- Administrators and moderators of alt.folklore.computers Google
- After the Sun (Microsystems) Sets, the Real Stories Come Out
- another question about TSO edit command
- Anyone here run UUCP?
- Application development paradigms [was: RE: Learning Rexx]
- April 1st RFCs
- Are we programmed to stop at the 'first' right answer
- Are you tired of the negative comments about IBM in this community?
- Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Internet, 1974
- Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Internet, 1974
- Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Internet, 1974
- BBC News - Microsoft fixes '19-year-old' bug with emergency patch
- Before the Internet: The golden age of online services
- Before the Internet: The golden age of online services
- Before the Internet: The golden age of online services
- Before the Internet: The golden age of online services
- Before the Internet: The golden age of online services
- Before the Internet: The golden age of online service
- Before the Internet: The golden age of online service
- Before the Internet: The golden age of online services
- Before the Internet: The golden age of online services
- Before the Internet: The golden age of online services
- Before the Internet: The golden age of online services
- Before the Internet: The golden age of online services
- Before the Internet: The golden age of online services
- Bell Picturephone--early business application experiments
- By Any Other Name
- Cambridge's HPC-as-a-service for boffins, big and small
- Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up?
- Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up?
- Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up?
- Clearly I'm Not Reading This Right
- CLECs, Barbara, and the Phone Geek
- Clone Controllers and Channel Extenders
- Colossal Cave Adventure in PL/I
- Commentary--time to build a more secure Internet
- Commentary--time to build a more secure Internet
- Connecting memory to 370/145 with only 36 bits
- Connecting memory to 370/145 with only 36 bits
- Costs of core
- Could this be the wrongest prediction of all time?
- Could this be the wrongest prediction of all time?
- Could this be the wrongest prediction of all time?
- Could this be the wrongest prediction of all time?
- Could this be the wrongest prediction of all time?
- Credit card fraud solution coming to America...finally
- Credit card fraud solution coming to America...finally
- Credit card fraud solution coming to America...finally
- Credit card fraud solution coming to America...finally
- Crypto Facility performance
- Curious observation: lack of a simple optimization in a C program
- curly brace languages source code style quides
- curly brace languages source code style quides
- curly brace languages source code style quides
- Cyberspace KISS
- DASD, Tape and other peripherals attached to a Mainframe
- DataPower XML Appliance and RACF
- DEBE?
- DEC and the Bell System?
- Delay between idea and implementation
- Difference between MVS and z / OS systems
- Difference between MVS and z / OS systems
- Do we really need 64-bit addresses or is 48-bit enough?
- Do we really need 64-bit addresses or is 48-bit enough?
- Dot What?
- Economic Failures of HTTPS Encryption
- Economic Failures of HTTPS Encryption
- email security re: hotmail.com
- email security re: hotmail.com
- email security re: hotmail.com
- Ethernet at 40: Its daddy reveals its turbulent youth
- Ethernet at 40: Its daddy reveals its turbulent youth
- Ethernet at 40: Its daddy reveals its turbulent youth
- Ethernet at 40: Its daddy reveals its turbulent youth
- Ethernet at 40: Its daddy reveals its turbulent youth
- Fifty Years of BASIC, the Programming Language That Made Computers Personal
- Firefox 32 supports Public Key Pinning
- Firefox is BLOATWARE!
- Future of COBOL based on RDz policies was Re: RDz or RDzEnterprise developers
- Future of COBOL based on RDz policies was Re: RDz or RDzEnterprise developers
- Google Patents Staple of '70s Mainframe Computing
- Google takes on Internet Standards with TCP Proposals, SPDY standardization
- Google works on Internet standards with TCP proposals, SPDY standardization
- Greedy Banks Nailed With $5 BILLION+ Fine For Fraud And Corruption
- Grid Computing (from 1May2002)
- GRS Control Unit ( Was IBM mainframe operations in the 80s)
- GUI vs 3270 Re: MVS Quick Reference, was: LookAT
- Happy 50th Birthday to the IBM Cambridge Scientific Center
- Happy birthday Mosaic! 20 years of the graphical Web browser
- Happy birthday Mosaic! 20 years of the graphical Web browser
- Hardware failures (was Re: Scary Sysprogs ...)
- History--computer performance comparison chart
- History--error checking in Baudot (5 bit) transmissions
- HONE Shutdown
- How Comp-Sci went from passing fad to must have major
- How Comp-Sci went from passing fad to must have major
- How do we fight bureaucracy and bureaucrats in IBM?
- How internet can evolve
- How Larry Ellison Became The Fifth Richest Man In The World By Using IBM's Idea
- How Much Bandwidth do we have?
- How Much Bandwidth do we have?
- How Much Bandwidth do we have?
- How the IETF plans to protect the web from NSA snooping
- How the IETF plans to protect the web from NSA snooping
- How the IETF plans to protect the web from NSA snooping
- How the IETF plans to protect the web from NSA snooping
- How the Internet wasn't Commercial Dataprocessing
- How the Internet wasn't Commercial Dataprocessing
- IBM 'major announcement' points to deal on chip manufacturing
- IBM 360/370 hardware unearthed
- IBM 4341, introduced in 1979, was 26 times faster than the 360/30
- IBM 7070 Question
- IBM commitment to academia
- IBM commitment to academia
- IBM Continues To Crumble
- IBM Continues To Crumble
- IBM Continues To Crumble
- IBM Historic computing
- IBM Mainframe (1980's) on You tube
- IBM Mainframe (1980's) on You tube
- IBM Plans Big Spending for the Cloud ($1.2B)
- IBM Programmer Aptitude Test
- IBM sees boosting profit margins as more important than sales growth
- IBM System/7 Teletype operator's station
- IBM's One Hundred Year History Is About Cash, Culture and Mutualism
- ICSF Symmetric Key being sent to a non-zOS system
- IMPI (System/38 / AS/400 historical)
- IMPI (System/38 / AS/400 historical)
- Inaugural Podcast: Dave Farber, Grandfather of the Internet
- Inaugural Podcast: Dave Farber, Grandfather of the Internet
- Inaugural Podcast: Dave Farber, Grandfather of the Internet
- Interesting? How _compilers_ are compromising application security
- Internet founders say flexible framework was key to explosive growth
- Internet Mainframe Forums Considered Harmful
- Internet Mainframe Forums Considered Harmful
- Internet Mainframe Forums Considered Harmful
- Internet Mainframe Forums Considered Harmful
- Is cybersecurity the next banking crisis in the making?
- Is cybersecurity the next banking crisis in the making?
- Is end of mainframe near?
- Is end of mainframe near?
- Is end of mainframe near?
- Is end of mainframe near?
- Is it time for a revolution to replace TLS?
- Is it time for a revolution to replace TLS?
- Is it time for a revolution to replace TLS?
- Is Microsoft becoming folklore?
- Is newer technology always better? It almost is. Exceptions?
- Is there any MF shop using AWS service?
- Is there an Inventory of the Inalled Mainframe Systems Worldwide
- It's all K&R's fault
- Its the 30th birthday of the ARPANET transition to TCP/IP
- Java Security?
- JES History
- Knowledge Center Outage May 3rd
- LA Times commentary: roll out "smart" credit cards to deter fraud
- LA Times commentary: roll out "smart" credit cards to deter fraud
- Last Gasp for Hard Disk Drives
- Last Gasp for Hard Disk Drives
- Louis V. Gerstner Jr. lays out his post-IBM life
- mainframe "selling" points
- mainframe "selling" points
- Mainframe On Cloud
- Mainframe vs Server - The Debate Continues
- Mainframes open to internet attacks?
- Making mainframe technology hip again
- Making mainframe technology hip again
- Making mainframe technology hip again
- Making mainframe technology hip again
- Maneuver breaks out
- Median Age of US Managers
- Meet Cobol's hard core fans
- Metcalfe's Law: How Ethernet Beat IBM and Changed the World
- Metcalfe's Law: How Ethernet Beat IBM and Changed the World
- Metcalfe's Law: How Ethernet Beat IBM and Changed the World
- Microsoft culture must change, chairman says
- Microsoft Open Sources .NET, Saying It Will Run on Linux and Mac
- Minicomputer Pricing
- Miniskirts and mainframes
- Miniskirts and mainframes
- Miniskirts and mainframes
- Miniskirts and mainframes
- more on the 1975 Transaction Telephone set
- Moving to the Cloud
- MVS
- NBC's website hacked with malware
- New HD
- New HD
- New HD
- NJE Clarifications
- No Internet. No Microsoft Windows. No iPods. This Is What Tech Was Like In 1984
- No Internet. No Microsoft Windows. No iPods. This Is What Tech Was Like In 1984
- No Internet. No Microsoft Windows. No iPods. This Is What Tech Was Like In 1984
- No Internet. No Microsoft Windows. No iPods. This Is What Tech Was Like In 1984
- No Internet. No Microsoft Windows. No iPods. This Is What Tech Was Like In 1984
- No Internet. No Microsoft Windows. No iPods. This Is What Tech Was Like In 1984