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To: Blue On Black who wrote (4287)	5/12/1998 12:38:00 PM
From: Larry Voyles	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12754

I have another admission to make: I was also a mainframer once upon a time. I've done my share of COBOL and PL/I (remember that?), although I have expunged all mention of either from my current resume. Remember the IBM 029 keypunch machine? I called it the "Ah, Sht" machine. I'd type in a couple of letters, realize I had made a mistake, hit the card eject lever and say "Ah, Sht". Repeat 355 times per day. Back in my college days, we had to submit our jobs on card decks and wait for hours to get our stuff back. Student jobs ran at the lowest priority. The wait could turn into days around finals. I had my own set of "Pink Cards", which I would occasionally slip in place of the officially-sanctioned Pink JCL cards supplied by the college. Getting caught using unauthorized JCL was to receive an "F" for the course, though. My justification was that if I didn't get the job turned into my prof in time, I was going to get an "F" anyway.

To: Blue On Black who wrote (4287)	5/12/1998 12:58:00 PM
From: Larry Voyles	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 12754

Lee; RE Your Profile: It only took me six months of research to find out about the "Quote" section on your profile. I'll update all of you that are too lazy to look it up for yourself (Druss!). Lee's QUOTE section in his profile reads: "The reply of Vimalakirti when asked about the nature of non-duality." I finally found the answer after much expense, time and hardship. This is from the VIMALAKIRTI NIRDESA SUTRA: "Then the crown prince Manjusri said to the Licchavi Vimalakirti, 'We have all given our own teachings, noble sir. Now, may you elucidate the teaching of the entrance into the principle of nonduality!' Thereupon, the Licchavi Vimalakirti kept his silence, saying nothing at all. The crown prince Manjusri applauded the Licchavi Vimalakirti: 'Excellent! Excellent, noble sir! This is indeed the entrance into the nonduality of the bodhisattvas. Here there is no use for syllables, sounds, and ideas.'" I thought you were weird before. Now I've confirmed it.