Re: newbie question on cobol syntax

On 24 Apr, 19:08, docdw...@xxxxxxxxx () wrote:
In article <1177437689.189719.73...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,





Alistair <alist...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 24 Apr, 02:04, "James J. Gavan" <jgavandeletet...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Alistair wrote:
On 23 Apr, 10:30, docdw...@xxxxxxxxx () wrote:

In article <JrSWh.116487$aG1.66743@pd7urf3no>,
James J. Gavan <jgavandeletet...@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Another interesting one from TV. Do you know the origins of 'freelance' ?

Off the top of my head I'd say it might be related to samurai traditions.

I'll be brief as I'm suffering another migraine. From Wikipedia:

The idea was to get the dwarf to do his own homework.

:-( sorry. I should have read between the lines (but people keep
telling me off for that).

Eh? Now I'm confused. A freelancer is one whose services are not bound
to a lord, a ronin is a samurai is one whose services are not bound a
lord... this was the relation I saw when I made my comment and in case I
haven't already then permit me to offer my apologies for my obscurity but
I'm uncertain what homework was seen as necessary.

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Now I understand the reference to Samurai (or Ronin). Now explain the
L Silberstein reference please as trawling through Alta Vista gave me
another headache and nothing useful withing the first 30 references.

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