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I've not been a part of this community for very long. Certainly, compared to some very famous names, my stay is quite short. So perhaps the following critical missive might be not be received with any credibility, and that my words may not carry much weight at all.

Nevertheless, please consider first and foremost not the messenger, but the message.

In my year and a half here on OCN, I have seen a rather massive deterioration in the behavior of many members. I grow...

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I have to admit that I had a bit of a wry chuckle after reading that Intel, one of Microsoft's most staunch allies, decided to eschew a corporation-wide upgrade to Windows Vista. For the longest time, I had nurtured well-reasoned suspicions that the two biggest players in town controlling the world of personal and corporate computing were in bed together. Some pundits, in fact, have resorted to calling their relationship "WinTel," the portmanteau signifying the union of Microsoft's massive...

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What makes something "a classic"? To me, a true classic inspires great admiration from the moment it sees the light of day, and every day thereafter. Something that is classical is beautiful, with a beauty that transcends conventional definitions of aesthetic success. Moreover, a true classic is something that defies time, worthy of admiration even after the sheen of newness has worn off; a true classic seems to become more beautiful, more worthy of admiration, as time goes by.
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The human memory system is a funny thing. If you're blessed with one that's ultra-reliable, then you seldom forget great moments that you've lived. However, if yours is anything like mine, then you probably have very poor recall of even the best parts of your life.

That's one of the great blessings bestowed by modern computing technology for which I am so thankful. Tonight, as the first step of reallocating my systems and deploying a couple of them to different tasks, I backed...

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