March 2006
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It's Tourney Time!
The second annual Don't Back Down NCAA Tournament is open for business. That's right, Patrick's reign as last year's champ has come to an end and it's time for someone new to ascend to the throne (I so hope it is me this time around). Anyway, head on…
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Department of Redundancy Department
From the print version of this morning's paper: "Knight Ridder, the nation's second-largest newspaper company in the United States"… nice….
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Open Other User's Folder Grayed Out
While moving a customer's Exchange installation, one of the users told me that she manages another user's mailbox. This means that she needs to open their mailbox from time to time. In actuality, we typically open them through the 'Advanced' tab of the Exchange settings. But I went…
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Telecom Reunion
In 1984, AT&T (Ma Bell) was split up into 8 Regional Bell Operating Operating Companies (RBOCs, also called Baby Bells). In 2001, two of these Baby Bells, Southwestern Bell (by then, SBC Communications – it sounds so much nicer) and Southern Bell (by then, Bellsouth) joined forces to…
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Do you see a circle?
Scientists have allegedly found a crater in Egypt. A really big one. 19 miles big, if their figures are correct. I've seen the picture. What I don't see is the crater. The article talks about the untrained eye, and I'm rather certain that it would be difficult to…
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What happened to the people?
I heard that America was founded for the people. I don't think that's true now, and I don't think it's been true for a long, long time. We have odds on American Idol. We have groups of people who band together every week to buy lottery tickets in…