Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: what's a mainframe, NYT and Stratus (Re: [OT] Dead DEC Punch card times) Date: 12 Nov 2026 02:06:05 GMT Lines: 11 Message-ID: References: <18dee4b6cab427fa$865$2574533$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <11cr1ub$q796$1@dont-email.me> <11creup$trgi$1@dont-email.me> <11ctde2$2ibp$1@gal.iecc.com> <5O-dnQvUAMIEF2_3nZ2dnZfqn_SdnZ2d@giganews.com> <87eccsppbj.fsf@localhost> <87a4ngpo4u.fsf@localhost> <11cvqo4$2e8dr$2@dont-email.me> <11d0p7b$2ntcj$1@dont-email.me> <11d1b9q$2s43n$2@dont-email.me> <11d1n6f$30p0f$2@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net RQNyeus1RWIq4w7x5SpzPwfjOaZPcjF91McC4/f3Rw84mhBw3f Cancel-Lock: sha1:t+NbTBsk3iob7iMhxjUg8RLkyO8= sha256:tnL9vaZMCDrznadLHEEWg2i7V76EBVm+DGkcMp0O7Q0= User-Agent: Pan/0.165 (Kostiantynivka) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:95517 alt.folklore.computers:236800 On Wed, 11 Nov 2026 20:33:53 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > Actual air time is only part of the total travel time - > once you add in the trip to the airport, check-in time, > baggage retrieval, and transport from the destination terminal to > wherever you're really going, air time becomes a relatively small > portion of the total time. I'm not planning on any more air travel in this lifetime but the less time locked in a flying tin can the better. The possible exception was business class when the 747s had a comfortable lounge on the upper deck.