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From: Dillon Pyron on 4 Apr 2010 23:49 Thus spake Tony Harding <tharding(a)newsguy.com> : >On 03/13/10 12:20, Bill Putney wrote: >> Jim Warman wrote: >> >>> ...And it isn't a bus... it is a BUSS... >> >> Not really - bus and buss are alternate and acceptable spellings - just >> like gauge and gage. Many FSM's spell it bus. Bus is in fact a way more >> common spelling than buss in industry, including the military. Buss is >> almost obsolete. Usage kind of wins out over time. Perhaps the Bussmann >> Fuse company (now Cooper Bussmann) spelling is confusing you? > >I've been in the computer business since I joined IBM in '65. Seen >untold 1,000's of references to a/the [system] bus, but have never seen >it spelled with 2 esses. To me a "buss" is a kiss. Now to the dictionary... Is it disk or disc? I "grew up" with 360s, starting with a 360/20. I still have my 360 and 370 "Orphan Annies" and can sometimes even write JCL. -- - dillon I am not invalid The more I drink, the less I think. The less I think, the better I feel. The better I feel, the more I drink. And so goes the circle of life.
From: Dillon Pyron on 4 Apr 2010 23:53 Thus spake Dean Dark <dmdrake(a)gmailNOTTHISPART.com> : >On 16 Mar 2010 16:26:25 -0400, kludge(a)panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote: > >>In article <97ovp51pf8l1c2icv7p1dvq6oisuvsq7rn(a)4ax.com>, >>Dean Dark <dmdrake(a)gmailNOTTHISPART.com> wrote: >>>On 16 Mar 2010 15:26:18 -0400, kludge(a)panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote: >>> >>>>>I've been in the computer business since I joined IBM in '65. Seen >>>>>untold 1,000's of references to a/the [system] bus, but have never seen >>>>>it spelled with 2 esses. To me a "buss" is a kiss. Now to the dictionary... >>>> >>>>Sure, but IBM always makes up silly words for things that nobody else >>>>uses, like IPL and DASD.... but yeah, it was official IBM policy to >>>>spell it "bus" and to call an external I/O bus a "channel." >>> >>>Not just IBM. I've worked in that business since nineteen <mumble> >>>canteen and "buss" was only ever used to refer to an electrical >>>(power) bus (hence buss fuses), which is quite a different animal. I >>>can't think of any computer maker who called his backplane a buss. >> >>Try the original S-100 Buss: >>http://www.pldos.pl/bogus/hardware/komputery/mits/pemag0175.htm >>--scott > >That's a Plopular Mecanicks article, and they can't even spell >"Altair." The 8080 was a decent chip in its day, but Intel didn't >call its communication system a buss, it was a bus. People who wrote >about it may have called it a buss, but Intel didn't. Sorry, try >again. Made me dig it up. S100 bus. Common I/O bus. And the wierd one (if you ever delete with HP-UX) "bus I/O error", which had nothing to do with hardware. And it was the Unibus from DEC. (I own HP stock that I got as ESOP from when I worked at DEC) -- - dillon I am not invalid The more I drink, the less I think. The less I think, the better I feel. The better I feel, the more I drink. And so goes the circle of life.
From: Rodan on 5 Apr 2010 00:52 Someone wrote: <A singularity> can be a point at which an (mathematical) object is undefined or a point in an exceptional set where it fails to be well behaved in some particular way. _________________________________________________________________________ "Dillon Pyron" wrote: Numbers theory for me. .999999..... + .99999... = 2 Always. ________________________________________________________________________ I said that once and was accused of talking out of my asymptote. Rodan. Gen. Murray: If you're insubordinate with me, I'll have you put under arrest. Lawrence: It's my manner, sir. Gen. Murray: Your what? Lawrence: My manner, sir; it looks insubordinate but it isn't, really.
From: Dillon Pyron on 15 Apr 2010 12:11 Thus spake "Rodan" <Rodan(a)Verizon.NOT> : >Someone wrote: > ><A singularity> can be a point at which an (mathematical) object >is undefined or a point in an exceptional set where it fails to be >well behaved in some particular way. >_________________________________________________________________________ > >"Dillon Pyron" wrote: > >Numbers theory for me. .999999..... + .99999... = 2 > >Always. >________________________________________________________________________ > >I said that once and was accused of talking out of my asymptote. > >Rodan. > > >Gen. Murray: If you're insubordinate with me, I'll > have you put under arrest. > Lawrence: It's my manner, sir. >Gen. Murray: Your what? > Lawrence: My manner, sir; it looks insubordinate > but it isn't, really. This current line of ample jolts is revolting. (old EE joke/pun. Kind of weak, but EE's aren't known for their humor) -- - dillon I am not invalid The RMS Titanic sank on April 15th. Taxes are due on April 15th. Coincidence? I think not.
From: Tony Harding on 24 Apr 2010 08:35
On 04/04/10 23:49, Dillon Pyron wrote: > Thus spake Tony Harding<tharding(a)newsguy.com> : > >> On 03/13/10 12:20, Bill Putney wrote: >>> Jim Warman wrote: >>> >>>> ...And it isn't a bus... it is a BUSS... >>> >>> Not really - bus and buss are alternate and acceptable spellings - just >>> like gauge and gage. Many FSM's spell it bus. Bus is in fact a way more >>> common spelling than buss in industry, including the military. Buss is >>> almost obsolete. Usage kind of wins out over time. Perhaps the Bussmann >>> Fuse company (now Cooper Bussmann) spelling is confusing you? >> >> I've been in the computer business since I joined IBM in '65. Seen >> untold 1,000's of references to a/the [system] bus, but have never seen >> it spelled with 2 esses. To me a "buss" is a kiss. Now to the dictionary... > > Is it disk or disc? Yes > I "grew up" with 360s, starting with a 360/20. Not a true S/360, BTW, which has nothing to do with you, of course. > I still have my 360 and 370 "Orphan Annies" and can sometimes even write > JCL. Haven't seen the "Orphan Annies" reference before - "green" cards? |