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01/16/2012 23:17 #55929
English Wikipedia anti-SOPA blackoutToday, the Wikipedia community announced its decision to black out the English-language Wikipedia for 24 hours, worldwide, beginning at 05:00 UTC on Wednesday, January 18 (you can read the statement from the Wikimedia Foundation here). The blackout is a protest against proposed legislation in the United States—the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the PROTECTIP Act (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate—that, if passed, would seriously damage the free and open Internet, including Wikipedia
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01/13/2012 21:11 #55908
Hello World, Hello COBOL (updated with code))Well, I got open-cobol to compile and run a simple "Hello Word" program. So it works.
It seems that Cobol is still in the punch card age in which commands have to start in the 8th column. But open-cobol has a freestyle option.
(e:paul) wanted to see some code:
Here's the sort of COBOL"hello world" I remember from my college days:
000100 IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
000200 PROGRAM-ID. HELLOWORLD.
000300
000400*
000500 ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
000600 CONFIGURATION SECTION.
000700 SOURCE-COMPUTER. RM-COBOL.
000800 OBJECT-COMPUTER. RM-COBOL.
000900
001000 DATA DIVISION.
001100 FILE SECTION.
001200
100000 PROCEDURE DIVISION.
100100
100200 MAIN-LOGIC SECTION.
100300 BEGIN.
100400 DISPLAY " " LINE 1 POSITION 1 ERASE EOS.
100500 DISPLAY "Hello world!" LINE 15 POSITION 10.
100600 STOP RUN.
100700 MAIN-LOGIC-EXIT.
100800 EXIT.
Here's the same thing freestyled in open-cobol.
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. HELLO-WORLD.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
DISPLAY 'Hello world!'.
STOP RUN.
paul - 01/13/12 21:16
Retro. What does it look like. You can upload a text file or PDF attachment on estrip thanks to a request from (e:tinypliny).
Retro. What does it look like. You can upload a text file or PDF attachment on estrip thanks to a request from (e:tinypliny).
01/12/2012 22:33 #55897
Cobol Here I comeCategory: linux
Based on conversations at (e:pmt)'s New Years party, being a dinosaur with some vague 30 year old course work in Cobol makes me somewhat marketable if I brush up on my Cobol coding skills.
Well, there is something called Open Cobol that is Cobol compiler that runs on linux. Fedora has it in it's repositories.
Hopefully, I can get it to work. And code, code, code my way into a new job.
Well, there is something called Open Cobol that is Cobol compiler that runs on linux. Fedora has it in it's repositories.
Hopefully, I can get it to work. And code, code, code my way into a new job.
01/12/2012 22:25 #55896
Work 1, Beer Club 0I hope y'all had a fun time at Beer Club. Perhaps if Jupiter aligns with Mars and Peace guides the Planets or I get fired, I'll make it to Beer Club in February.
heidi - 01/13/12 21:35
:::link::: < they're not particularly good facebookers but they usually remember to post the beer list a few days in advance.
:::link::: < they're not particularly good facebookers but they usually remember to post the beer list a few days in advance.
heidi - 01/13/12 21:22
The next date should be 2/8 (2nd Wednesday of the month). I can't commit to it in February because of bar review, but the gang will welcome y'all!
The next date should be 2/8 (2nd Wednesday of the month). I can't commit to it in February because of bar review, but the gang will welcome y'all!
uncutsaniflush - 01/13/12 21:06
Thanks (e:tinypliny). (e:mrmike) - it's the Mr. Goodbar Good Beer Club. (e:heidi) and several others have posted about it here.
Thanks (e:tinypliny). (e:mrmike) - it's the Mr. Goodbar Good Beer Club. (e:heidi) and several others have posted about it here.
mrmike - 01/13/12 07:29
Yeah, I need info on this, beer club sounds like something worthy of my membership.
Yeah, I need info on this, beer club sounds like something worthy of my membership.
tinypliny - 01/12/12 22:50
Hope this year brings you a ton of joy!! :)
Hope this year brings you a ton of joy!! :)
Disney is just a facade for corporate evil that thrives on manipulation of mindsets of children.
I was reading an article on osnews the other day saying that the US forced Spain into similar legislation and that Disney was the driving force. The author found it ironic because Disney made a heck of a lot of money appropriating European public domain fairy tales.