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Frater 219 (1455)

Frater 219
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I currently work as a Linux sysadmin for a large Web company. Previously, I've been the chief information security technician for a well-known research institution, and the only sysadmin for a small liberal arts college.

Frater 219 (1455)

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Observations on Words and Things , Saturday January 29 2005, @09:51PM (0 comments)

1. A word is not the same as the thing it describes.

There is an old dictum in mysticism: Ipsum Nomen Res Ipsa -- "the name itself [i ...

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Re:The toughest millenium problem of all...  *Saturday October 07 2006, @03:57PM  5, Funny
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Re:"splice" - because Microsoft did it?  *Monday June 19 2006, @02:44AM  3, Informative
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Done it. It works. Kinda.  *Wednesday January 26 2005, @05:30PM 8 5, Interesting
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Open Source is like Open Standards but more so  *Saturday January 08 2005, @01:46PM 1 2
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