Swearing in the presence of a law enforcement official in Texas is considered an act of resistance. Therefore resisting an a law enforcement official (misdameanor), where you will be thrown in jail for a least a minimum of 72 hours (at least until bailed out). When you get out you still have to go to your local court and fight (and still pay court costs), where you will then be free to be picked again if you foolishly try it again. RULE 1: MAN WITH THE GUN: Yes sir.... No sir.... RULE 2: DISRESPECT IS NOT APPRECIATED: refer to RULE 1

Set up a console only DNS and Mail server on Slackware Kernel version 1.2.13 for a company to prove that Linux can handle the job.
Had to combat several Sun and Windows developers who where trying to sabotage by exploiting early vulnerabilities. All in all, it was an experience that I would repeat again.