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Error pop-up? Don't worry, let's just get this migration done... BTW it's my day off tomorrow

Thursday 27th December 2018 01:15 GMT bemused obsever

Re: Secretaries at universities...

Amen Brother Joe! Our university department secretary was a gem at taking care of (often pissy) students. Many times I would have quit out of frustration if not for her; I owe her my PhD. .

I made up a walnut plaque inscribe "Surrogate Mother of the Year Award" that had scissors cutting red tape. All the other grad students jumped at the chance to chip in to buy a cake and throw a little party for her.

Here's to you Jean Sanford. May you be treated as well as you treated us students.

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Won’t patch systems? Never run malware scans? Welcome to the US State Department!

Friday 31st August 2018 16:30 GMT bemused obsever

greatest security risk is govt security

I held a US DoD SAP/SAR (above top secret) clearance until I retired. A couple of years back my and everyone's clearance records were exposed in an OPM (US Office of Personnel Management) hack. This, of course, is an identity theft's wet dream- everything from SS# to mother's maiden name, all past addresses, ...

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Dear alt-right morons and other miscreants: Disrupt DEF CON, and the goons will 'ave you

Monday 6th August 2018 18:41 GMT bemused obsever

Re: "Alt-right moron"

"Is there such a thing as the alt-left?"

Yes. It's where the left and right ends of the political spectrum bend around to meet. The only thing that's questionable is the existence of a dividing line between the two.

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