Dr Wingnut

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  • Lesson from Iraq

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    The lesson to be learned is that the most dangerous sand traps in the world are not located on the golf course.Winston W. Borden, Minnesota Government Relations Report – 23 May, 2004

  • Direction

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    No matter how far you’ve gone down the wrong road, turn back.Turkish proverb

  • 2004 Republican National Committee Convention Schedule New York, NY

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    6:00 PM Opening Prayer led by the Reverend Jerry Falwell6:30 PM Pledge of Allegiance6:35 PM Burning of Bill of Rights (excluding 2nd Amendment)6:45 PM Salute to the Coalition of the Willing6:46 PM Seminar #1: Getting Your Kid a Military Deferment7:30 PM First Presidential Beer Bong7:35 PM Freedom Fries served7:40 PM EPA Address #1: Mercury: It’s…

  • Don’t Worry, Be Happy

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    Cisco says that even though the source code for its internal secret operating system was stolen, it’s nothing for you to worry about.  Considering that this is coming from a company that had hard-wired passwords in some of its hardware, and who was licensing an insecure “authentication” scheme to other vendors, I would start worrying…

  • Problems

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    The chief cause of problems is solutions.Eric Sevareid

  • Wisdom

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    It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.James ThurberEspecially when you arrive at work and have a dead drive array that contains your Oracle database.  More fun than a barrel of monkeys.

  • Big Problem

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    In every CTO’s mind, an overarching Big Problem drives his or her higher quest for technical excellence beyond the mundane business of getting day-to-day things done in IT.  The Big Problem is not necessarily the one that keeps you up at night — it’s the one you think about while you’re sitting by the pool…