"I'm pretty sure you meant "Agrees to Fail".

Nothing says "faith in god"
like bullet-proof glass.

One of their best.

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/

The computer / network is just a tool that lets me do the stuff I need to do.

I *know* I could make a better time machine / mouse trap / etc. And it would be cheaper. I know.

I willingly pay a premium so I don't have to mess with that crap. That's the same reason I have a newer, reliable car - instead of one I built myself from parts. I don't want a lifestyle, I want a reliable tool. I'm an IT pro, I mess with tech for a living, not a hobby.

Companies like Apple sell more than just hardware, they sell integration and consistent design. Sometimes you really can pay for convenience. For me, it's worth it. My time is not free.

I hope you *insisted* on getting some kind of compensation for OT.
The job will eat your life - if you let it.

Read:
TCP/IP Network Administration - Hunt
Essential System Administration - Frisch
The Practice of System and Network Administration - Limoncelli

Is the current system seriously broken?
Did the previous admin leave any useful documentation?

I understand the Spartans had tough exams too.

> "... that won't be obsolete in two years?"

I'm sorry, I thought you said a XP Laptop.

They come that way out of the box.

Some people might argue that the Japanese in particular take a somewhat different view of radiation poisoning.

Just a thought.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Unless it's digital. Or something.

Sounds just a little bit like professional jealousy.

John Young at Cryptome has been doing an amazing job for years with integrity - and getting relatively little press. Then along comes this punk... who scoops this amazing data and strikes a goldmine of press.

The Cryptome site is practically spitting with raw disdain the WiliLeaks. It's kind of sad.

    You need to get out more.

I'm voting for "ThunderCat".

Or perhaps "Tabby".

Hopefully, it'll pop up at Wikileaks or Cryptome

OK, lets see: the White House has been leaking items to the press for decades (unnamed sources at the White House...). It's OK to print that.

People like Dick Cheney blab about the identity of under cover CIA agents (Valerie Palma), and it's OK to print that.

But if Wikileaks publishes documents that the Pentagon says are "unimportant" and "nothing new", it's not OK. It's an national emergency.

I guess we need some kind of referee to tell us which leaks are OK.

As I read it, they aren't looking for AI, they are looking for a expert system with a decent interface. The ability to weasel data out of the patient and interpret it. A big database of facts to bang it against. There is no reason it would have to have a voice interface - text would do fine, better initially.

People throw the term AI around a lot.