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Comment Re:The idea of DC was so that it would NOT be a st (Score 3, Informative) 249

On July 9, 1790, Congress passed the Residence Act, which approved the creation of a national capital on the Potomac River. The exact location was to be selected by President George Washington, who signed the bill into law on July 16. Formed from land donated by the states of Maryland and Virginia, the initial shape of the federal district was a square measuring 10 miles (16 km) on each side, totaling 100 square miles (259 km2)

Comment Been there first hand (Score 1) 72

Years ago I was on Apple's seeding program. teh 2 issues that stand out to me of that huge amount of wasted time was when a buggy video driver made it out the door after i had reported it every build and the update had to be pulled to put the old driver back in. I also had to make an actual *VIDEO* showing undocumented internet proxy behavior when using java after being told over and over 'it totally works!' Oh the video was *after* submitting a wireshark log that they were unable to understand.

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