What about "A really good QA team"? Where I am, Dev and QA work fairly close....and while Dev doesn't "fear" QA per se....they still get worried that we come up with scenarios they haven't thought of yet (which is why we tend to work closely before testing really starts).
On the flip side, you could also be scared of a BAD QA team and not catching things before the code goes out the door.
Tuned into the live you tube feed....it's riveting. Kinda like Bob Ross and his happy trees announcing for The Masters.
oh...and good job on the app....I'm watching it on my XOO....oh wait...I'm not....can't get the app on the XOOM. Stupid unsupported devices. Stupid fragmentation
Ever wonder why the Mob doesn't get into pirating music? The RIAA, that's why. It's far more risky than armed hold-ups, protection schemes, drugs, hookers, murder-for-hire, etc. Find me a 'Made Man' who's pirating music, and I'll find you a man who's closer to jail than he thought he was.
Great, now we're going to need a scramjet powered canon to launch the frozen birds @ 10k mph
just to test the windshields. We've almost gotten back to the chicken and egg problem.
"Well folks, the scramjet works perfectly. The only problem is that we don't have a windshield
strong enough to install on the aircraft, hence, we're going to have to scrap the whole project."
The difference being that humans have made a conscious effort to screw themselves. Animals are just acting on instinct. Yes some can be considered intelligent, but how many animals have plowed their way through forests with the mindset "Just drop all the trees, I need a condo" (yes, beevers can do the same thing), but nature recovers far quicker from those instances than it will from us spreading radiation between the Ukraine and Belarus.
I'm not tree hugger, I'm dying to get a 50" plasma and just bought a new Jeep so as a consumer I'm as guilty as the rest, but I can make the decision to drive my Jeep and consume/pollute more or I can make the decision to ride my bicycle and consume the most renewable resource on the planet....human fat.
Mod Parent +1 Insightful rather than funny. Us "intelligent" humans have done exactly
what the parent has said...we have screwed the planet (and ourselves at times) 6 ways to Sunday.
The Government can prevent this kind of challenge by simply declaring that the existence of such NSLs is a State Secret, denying any prospective plaintiffs proof that they have standing.
Too bad it doesn't stand to reason that the recipients of these "non-existent" NSLs can look the government right in the eye and say, "You're saying this piece of paper doesn't exist? Cool." *crumplecrumplecrumple* *toss* "What? You want to charge me with something? With what evidence? Do you have standing?"
Actually it does stand to reason, but the federal government doesn't stick to reason in situations like this.
That's how it was in the past. Today, every major failure of this magnitude usually results in:
Congressional Hearings
Lawsuits
Regulative Legislation
Any and all failures are put under such a fine microscope which forces government entities (i.e. NASA) to take years and years and years to develop new technologies (development time is also due to cost) and to get them tested.
Folks like NASA should be held accountable for gross negligence (after all we are footing the bill), but the understanding has to be that this is dangerous work and carries the greatest risk for those with the balls to strap themselves to a several million pound gas tank, say a prayer ('Please, God, don't let me fuck up') and then have someone take a match and "light the candle".
A lot of the end glory goes to the pilots, which is well deserved 'cause they're the one's putting their life on the line. I think more of the light should be shone on the folks behind the scenes who's job it is to make sure that the pilot's life is in as little jeopardy as possible. (aside: I use the term pilot to be all inclusive to include anyone who puts their life on the line in a new frontier, whether it be space, air travel, undersea exploration, etc. I don't want to leave folks out in the cold as they deserve a bit of respect).
Let's at least appear to seem fair...
From TFA that was referenced:
6. Require Homeland Security to alert the Recording Industry Association of America. "That would happen when compact discs with "unauthorized fixations of the sounds or sounds and images of a live musical performance" are attempted to be imported. Neither the Motion Picture Association of America nor the Business Software Alliance (nor any other copyright holder such as photographers, playwrights, or news organizations, for that matter) would qualify for this kind of special treatment."
This doesn't apply to the RIAA's lawsuits against Ma and Pa Kettle, The Internet Music Vigilantes. Chances are that the DHS will only care when they find enough spindles to make AOL's head spin.
What ever happened to the idea of targeting willing people?
That's been happening for years, it's called QVC. People who normally want to be advertised are
usually looking for an excuse to buy something....anything! I'd estimate that the number of
times that I've actually investigated something that I've seen through an ad via TV/radio/web add,
etc is probably under 10.
Yet, some people seem to think that we need to be strapped to chairs and have our eyes forced open to watch Big Brother ala 1984 tell us the "Good News" of whatever it is that Big Corp. wants to sell me.
I don't think that 99% of advertising folks want to pry our eyes open and force us to watch, they want to take advantage of a 'captive' audience. You've got a choice to watch or listen to ads, whether they be on tv, radio, or on the 'net. I used to watch 'Jericho' on the CBS website and in-between each 'act' there would be a 20-30 second commercial spot. I'd just hit the mute
button, go grab a snack or hit the head, come back and watch the next act. I wouldn't skip the
add because, personally, I think this is fine. 2-3 minutes of adds for a 42min show is a better
percentage than 18 min of add for the same thing on tv. It's my choice to let the add play, let them get the hit, not watch it on TV, and make my voice heard that way. Encourage better behavior.
If people start putting ads on all self-made 'net clips, then folks will stop watching and maybe
it'll finally be a stake in the gut (it'll never die) for the internet attention whores. I can think of a way to induce more folks to put those 30 second ads in front of their 10 seconds clips, but I don't want to give anyone any ideas.
While I can't give you a link to something that hasn't been patented. I'll give you an example of how bad it's gotten. All you Quick-Stop clerks, Netflix CD shippers, UPS delivery-persons, oh, and well, anyone who works w/a computer.....You're patented!
"A hybrid machine/human computing arrangement including a central coordinating server and a number of human operated nodes, is provided to involve humans to assist a computer system to solve particular tasks, allowing the computer system to solve the tasks more efficiently."
Great, all they need is a tracking system and a large spinning mirror and they could vaporize a human target from space.
This is not good!
If you need me I'll be in my steam tunnel hooking up with Sherry Nugil.
Now where I'd I put my pajamas?
For those who don't get the reference (and if you're reading/. and don't get it, you shouldn't be reading/.), the movie in question in Real Genius. Top 5 geek movies of all time.
It's not that Christians don't blow things up or kill folks, it's that they tend to target individuals to send messages, but Islamic Extremists have a greater tendency to cause widespead terror, have a lesser regard for collatoral damage, and because of their devotion are more willing to sacrifice themselves in the process are the attributes that make them considerably more dangerous. Christians want to see the affects of their actions so they can feel even more righteous (IMHO).
I call BS on the Trek-Noir!
Restrooms....when was the last time you saw a real restroom in Star Trek?
Showing a restroom in Star Trek is kinda like showing Norm's wife, Vera. Leave it
missing. It adds to the mystique.
(fyi...Vera did appear in an episode of Cheers. She was played by the real Mrs. Wendt)
the only network I can think of who has even remotely embraced the dual-delivery model of TV and online media is the Comedy Network/Comedy Central.
CBS has done a decent job of putting current show offerings on-line. It's how I get my Jericho and CSI fix. I'm not nearly as worried if I miss it because it'll be up on their site about 2 hours after it airs. They cut the show into
their respective TV "Acts", with a single 30 second commercial spot between each segment. To me, this is perfectly
acceptable. I spend at most 2 minutes watching commercials on-line vs. 18+ if I watch it via cable.
I'll support things that I believe are being done correctly. I can live with a 30 second commercial between the acts
of the show and I'll even let the commercial play out so whoever it watching the stats knows that folks will do this
and that they (CBS or networks in general) should take note and continue to offer this "free" service.
Is the video quality as good as say an AVI via bittorrent? Nope. But it's watchable for shows that aren't trying to
blow you away with affects. CBS has done a great thing. They've taken that first step and hopefully other networks will
follow suit.
Now for the flip side....advertising revenue. Local advertisers/tv stations won't be pleased. The current format
only really supports major players with nationwide offerings (Target, Ford, Wally World, etc). The numbers won't make
a dent for the next several years, but I could see this as a fundamental change in the way that we watch the Artist Formerly Known As Television.
The US Government didn't outlaw gambling. They outlawed the method of monetary transfer to gaming sites. While it's a very fine difference, it is a difference nonetheless. They couldn't outlaw gambling because it's a state decided issue (i.e. Nevada & Jersey). The law's intended consequence was to *effectively* ban on-line gambling because US citizens have no way to get funds to/from those sites. They knew they couldn't outlaw gambling so they took away the foundation, the money.
One of the main problems with the way US laws are passed is the ability to slip things like this in to a larger bill that noone would dare vote 'no' on since it would be political suicide and very few politicians have the balls to stand up on issues like this.
Sen. Jones: "Don't re-elect Sen. Smith. He voted 'no' on the bill that would outlaw killing babies"
Sen. Smith: "I voted no because someone slipped in an unrelated ammendment banning sending money to gambling sites"
Sen. Jones: "But you still voted 'no' to outlawing killing babies! Sen. Smith thinks that babies should be killed on sight!"
While the above example is extreme, it represents the mentality of politicians in Washington DC with regard to things like this. It's also the amount of swagger that the PACs have in US government. What ever happened to voting on common sense and doing what's right for a change.
Randal Graves: Have you ever wondered how much the average jizz-mopper makes per hour? Dante Hicks: What's a jizz-mopper? Randal Graves: He's the guy that cleans up the nudie booth after each guy jerks off. . . . Dante Hicks: Could we not talk about this right now? Randal Graves: The jizz-mopper's job is to clean off the glass after each guy shoots a load. I don't know if you noticed, but cum leaves streaks if you don't clean it right away.
I see a ton of comments mod'd Funny, but what I'm surprised folks haven't focused on yet is the fact that it was found in OSS. The reason they're able to find, report, and get it fixed in a week is the fact that it's OSS. It's understandable that the DoHS is going to want to do a security audit on things like this.
I wonder how many potential security holes Coverity's uncovered by scanning Windows source....oh wait....they can't. Well I'm sure if they signed an NDA they could tell M$ and get it fixed in a....um...err...sorry, you'll have to wait for the next patch cycle.
Noone will in about a year. With a name like "Ne-Yo" I smell marketing gimmick all the way. Record companies only care about what will make them cash now.
I predict Ne-Yo's successors will a group named "Tri-Nitee" and some chick with a large wardrobe named "Morph-Eus"
Currently i don't have Cable,Satelite,etc. I download the couple of shows that I want to see (My Name is Earl, Battlestar, The Boondocks). I don't see the purpose of paying $50/month so I can watch 3-4 shows. That being said, I'd love a way to promote the creation of good TV (yes, it does exist) without having to have my money go towards crap and advertising.
I'd gladly cough up a couple bucks an episode to download it commercial free, watch it on an OS of my choosing, at a time of my choosing and have it not expire. This way I'm putting my money towards shows that I want to see continue. If I don't think the show is good, I won't buy it and if enough others feel this way then the show will either get better or stop being produced.
The **AA execs will say that this isn't a workable solution because I could then distribute it and folks could download it for free or it would eat into their overpriced DVD sales (well, some are overpriced...can you really put a price on the complete series of The Muppet Show?). if they're worried about me distributing it, then encode a UID to the file and attach it to the credit card that I'd need to pay for it. It's not like Big Brother can't find out what I've bought anyway. If the file with that UID is found in the wild, then they can try and talk to me about it. Maybe it'll lead to a more acceptable DRM scheme (if such a thing exists).
Why do I download shows that I want to see? Because they haven't offered me a pricing scheme that I can even find remotely acceptable that doesn't tie me to their viewing/usage rights. 24 hours to watch a show? Sorry, I'll download an hour show for free and watch it with no ads in 40 minutes, on my linux box, a week from now, and then again before the start of the next season.
...he sues an individual. He gets more publicity if he sues a comapny/organization, etc. ESA's President is correct by not addressing Jack's attacks directly. By doing so he gives him more attention and makes him more visible.
Take the spotlight away from someone who has nothing else going on and they fade away. He'll try harder to get the spotlight again, but if he continues to be ignored and shown to be an utter loon, then anytime he opens his trap he'll be brushed off w/o a second thought.
Tipper Gore and the PMRC had a similar crusade against music in thte 80s. They won to a certain extent and Record Companies started to label music with the Explicit Lyrics label we've all come to love. The problem in Jack's case is that the ESRB already exists and already label's games.
If music companies and artists aren't liable for the death of cops by gang-bangers who listen to Gangsta Rap then why should game companies be any different.
To paraphrase Rockhound from Armageddon : They're sitting on 4 million lbs of fuel and 250,000 moving parts, all made by the lowest bidder. makes you feel good, doesn't it.
To expect nothing to go wrong ever is just naive. That being said, The teams of folks that write the software for the shuttle, are as close to perfection as you could ask for in the world of software./. had this posted a while back. Being a Software QA Monkey for 10 years, I really appreciate what they've done. Altough I'm sure it helps to not have marketing folks asking when the next release is.
If he's downloading pr0n then it won't matter. Pr0n folks don't care if you download (or rather don't publically care) since they're profit margin is so high. Make a flick for $10-15k and reap a few million on it.
Now, if he were downloading the latest Metallica or Britney Spears album, then we might have a chance in finding him since the full weight and fury of the RIAA to lobby Orin Hatch to put more money into finding him. I'm sure the RIAA will even be willing to toss in some of their own tracking information to find him. Surely if the RIAA is willing to rope in an 86yo grandma for downloading the new 50cent single, they're willing to go after OBL.
I bet what they find is that he's been dowlonading stuff from Dubya's server at Camp David.
Actually this is incorrect. A card sharp is someone who cheats at cards, usually by bottom dealing, second dealing, and fake cuts to get the cards he wants/needs or to give crappy cards to others.
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First mention of QA that I've seen....
What about "A really good QA team"? Where I am, Dev and QA work fairly close....and while Dev doesn't "fear" QA per se....they still get worried that we come up with scenarios they haven't thought of yet (which is why we tend to work closely before testing really starts).
On the flip side, you could also be scared of a BAD QA team and not catching things before the code goes out the door.
Tuned into the live you tube feed....it's riveting. Kinda like Bob Ross and his happy trees announcing for The Masters.
oh...and good job on the app....I'm watching it on my XOO....oh wait...I'm not....can't get the app on the XOOM. Stupid unsupported devices. Stupid fragmentation
*sigh* from all the comments I've read, it really seems like everyone is missing the point. New Lego Star Wars!!! And it's out today!!!!
Ever wonder why the Mob doesn't get into pirating music? The RIAA, that's why. It's far more risky than armed hold-ups, protection schemes, drugs, hookers, murder-for-hire, etc. Find me a 'Made Man' who's pirating music, and I'll find you a man who's closer to jail than he thought he was.
Great, now we're going to need a scramjet powered canon to launch the frozen birds @ 10k mph just to test the windshields. We've almost gotten back to the chicken and egg problem.
"Well folks, the scramjet works perfectly. The only problem is that we don't have a windshield strong enough to install on the aircraft, hence, we're going to have to scrap the whole project."
The difference being that humans have made a conscious effort to screw themselves. Animals are just acting on instinct. Yes some can be considered intelligent, but how many animals have plowed their way through forests with the mindset "Just drop all the trees, I need a condo" (yes, beevers can do the same thing), but nature recovers far quicker from those instances than it will from us spreading radiation between the Ukraine and Belarus. I'm not tree hugger, I'm dying to get a 50" plasma and just bought a new Jeep so as a consumer I'm as guilty as the rest, but I can make the decision to drive my Jeep and consume/pollute more or I can make the decision to ride my bicycle and consume the most renewable resource on the planet....human fat.
Mod Parent +1 Insightful rather than funny. Us "intelligent" humans have done exactly what the parent has said...we have screwed the planet (and ourselves at times) 6 ways to Sunday.
Too bad it doesn't stand to reason that the recipients of these "non-existent" NSLs can look the government right in the eye and say, "You're saying this piece of paper doesn't exist? Cool." *crumplecrumplecrumple* *toss* "What? You want to charge me with something? With what evidence? Do you have standing?"
Actually it does stand to reason, but the federal government doesn't stick to reason in situations like this.
- Congressional Hearings
- Lawsuits
- Regulative Legislation
Any and all failures are put under such a fine microscope which forces government entities (i.e. NASA) to take years and years and years to develop new technologies (development time is also due to cost) and to get them tested.Folks like NASA should be held accountable for gross negligence (after all we are footing the bill), but the understanding has to be that this is dangerous work and carries the greatest risk for those with the balls to strap themselves to a several million pound gas tank, say a prayer ('Please, God, don't let me fuck up') and then have someone take a match and "light the candle".
A lot of the end glory goes to the pilots, which is well deserved 'cause they're the one's putting their life on the line. I think more of the light should be shone on the folks behind the scenes who's job it is to make sure that the pilot's life is in as little jeopardy as possible. (aside: I use the term pilot to be all inclusive to include anyone who puts their life on the line in a new frontier, whether it be space, air travel, undersea exploration, etc. I don't want to leave folks out in the cold as they deserve a bit of respect).
This doesn't apply to the RIAA's lawsuits against Ma and Pa Kettle, The Internet Music Vigilantes. Chances are that the DHS will only care when they find enough spindles to make AOL's head spin.
That's been happening for years, it's called QVC. People who normally want to be advertised are usually looking for an excuse to buy something....anything! I'd estimate that the number of times that I've actually investigated something that I've seen through an ad via TV/radio/web add, etc is probably under 10.
Yet, some people seem to think that we need to be strapped to chairs and have our eyes forced open to watch Big Brother ala 1984 tell us the "Good News" of whatever it is that Big Corp. wants to sell me.I don't think that 99% of advertising folks want to pry our eyes open and force us to watch, they want to take advantage of a 'captive' audience. You've got a choice to watch or listen to ads, whether they be on tv, radio, or on the 'net. I used to watch 'Jericho' on the CBS website and in-between each 'act' there would be a 20-30 second commercial spot. I'd just hit the mute button, go grab a snack or hit the head, come back and watch the next act. I wouldn't skip the add because, personally, I think this is fine. 2-3 minutes of adds for a 42min show is a better percentage than 18 min of add for the same thing on tv. It's my choice to let the add play, let them get the hit, not watch it on TV, and make my voice heard that way. Encourage better behavior.
If people start putting ads on all self-made 'net clips, then folks will stop watching and maybe it'll finally be a stake in the gut (it'll never die) for the internet attention whores. I can think of a way to induce more folks to put those 30 second ads in front of their 10 seconds clips, but I don't want to give anyone any ideas.
This is interesting.
Here's the WTF blurb:
"A hybrid machine/human computing arrangement including a central coordinating server and a number of human operated nodes, is provided to involve humans to assist a computer system to solve particular tasks, allowing the computer system to solve the tasks more efficiently."
This is not good!
If you need me I'll be in my steam tunnel hooking up with Sherry Nugil.
/. and don't get it, you shouldn't be reading /.), the movie in question in Real Genius. Top 5 geek movies of all time.
Now where I'd I put my pajamas?
For those who don't get the reference (and if you're reading
- Eric Rudolph
- James Charles Kopp
It's not that Christians don't blow things up or kill folks, it's that they tend to target individuals to send messages, but Islamic Extremists have a greater tendency to cause widespead terror, have a lesser regard for collatoral damage, and because of their devotion are more willing to sacrifice themselves in the process are the attributes that make them considerably more dangerous. Christians want to see the affects of their actions so they can feel even more righteous (IMHO).I call BS on the Trek-Noir! Restrooms....when was the last time you saw a real restroom in Star Trek? Showing a restroom in Star Trek is kinda like showing Norm's wife, Vera. Leave it missing. It adds to the mystique. (fyi...Vera did appear in an episode of Cheers. She was played by the real Mrs. Wendt)
CBS has done a decent job of putting current show offerings on-line. It's how I get my Jericho and CSI fix. I'm not nearly as worried if I miss it because it'll be up on their site about 2 hours after it airs. They cut the show into their respective TV "Acts", with a single 30 second commercial spot between each segment. To me, this is perfectly acceptable. I spend at most 2 minutes watching commercials on-line vs. 18+ if I watch it via cable.
I'll support things that I believe are being done correctly. I can live with a 30 second commercial between the acts of the show and I'll even let the commercial play out so whoever it watching the stats knows that folks will do this and that they (CBS or networks in general) should take note and continue to offer this "free" service.
Is the video quality as good as say an AVI via bittorrent? Nope. But it's watchable for shows that aren't trying to blow you away with affects. CBS has done a great thing. They've taken that first step and hopefully other networks will follow suit.
Now for the flip side....advertising revenue. Local advertisers/tv stations won't be pleased. The current format only really supports major players with nationwide offerings (Target, Ford, Wally World, etc). The numbers won't make a dent for the next several years, but I could see this as a fundamental change in the way that we watch the Artist Formerly Known As Television.
One of the main problems with the way US laws are passed is the ability to slip things like this in to a larger bill that noone would dare vote 'no' on since it would be political suicide and very few politicians have the balls to stand up on issues like this.
Sen. Jones: "Don't re-elect Sen. Smith. He voted 'no' on the bill that would outlaw killing babies"
Sen. Smith: "I voted no because someone slipped in an unrelated ammendment banning sending money to gambling sites"
Sen. Jones: "But you still voted 'no' to outlawing killing babies! Sen. Smith thinks that babies should be killed on sight!"
While the above example is extreme, it represents the mentality of politicians in Washington DC with regard to things like this. It's also the amount of swagger that the PACs have in US government. What ever happened to voting on common sense and doing what's right for a change.
Randal Graves: Have you ever wondered how much the average jizz-mopper makes per hour?
Dante Hicks: What's a jizz-mopper?
Randal Graves: He's the guy that cleans up the nudie booth after each guy jerks off.
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Dante Hicks: Could we not talk about this right now?
Randal Graves: The jizz-mopper's job is to clean off the glass after each guy shoots a load. I don't know if you noticed, but cum leaves streaks if you don't clean it right away.
I wonder how many potential security holes Coverity's uncovered by scanning Windows source....oh wait....they can't. Well I'm sure if they signed an NDA they could tell M$ and get it fixed in a....um...err...sorry, you'll have to wait for the next patch cycle.
Noone will in about a year. With a name like "Ne-Yo" I smell marketing gimmick all the way. Record companies only care about what will make them cash now.
I predict Ne-Yo's successors will a group named "Tri-Nitee" and some chick with a large wardrobe named "Morph-Eus"
I'd gladly cough up a couple bucks an episode to download it commercial free, watch it on an OS of my choosing, at a time of my choosing and have it not expire. This way I'm putting my money towards shows that I want to see continue. If I don't think the show is good, I won't buy it and if enough others feel this way then the show will either get better or stop being produced.
The **AA execs will say that this isn't a workable solution because I could then distribute it and folks could download it for free or it would eat into their overpriced DVD sales (well, some are overpriced...can you really put a price on the complete series of The Muppet Show?). if they're worried about me distributing it, then encode a UID to the file and attach it to the credit card that I'd need to pay for it. It's not like Big Brother can't find out what I've bought anyway. If the file with that UID is found in the wild, then they can try and talk to me about it. Maybe it'll lead to a more acceptable DRM scheme (if such a thing exists).
Why do I download shows that I want to see? Because they haven't offered me a pricing scheme that I can even find remotely acceptable that doesn't tie me to their viewing/usage rights. 24 hours to watch a show? Sorry, I'll download an hour show for free and watch it with no ads in 40 minutes, on my linux box, a week from now, and then again before the start of the next season.
Take the spotlight away from someone who has nothing else going on and they fade away. He'll try harder to get the spotlight again, but if he continues to be ignored and shown to be an utter loon, then anytime he opens his trap he'll be brushed off w/o a second thought. Tipper Gore and the PMRC had a similar crusade against music in thte 80s. They won to a certain extent and Record Companies started to label music with the Explicit Lyrics label we've all come to love. The problem in Jack's case is that the ESRB already exists and already label's games.
If music companies and artists aren't liable for the death of cops by gang-bangers who listen to Gangsta Rap then why should game companies be any different.
To expect nothing to go wrong ever is just naive. That being said, The teams of folks that write the software for the shuttle, are as close to perfection as you could ask for in the world of software. /. had this posted a while back. Being a Software QA Monkey for 10 years, I really appreciate what they've done. Altough I'm sure it helps to not have marketing folks asking when the next release is.
Now, if he were downloading the latest Metallica or Britney Spears album, then we might have a chance in finding him since the full weight and fury of the RIAA to lobby Orin Hatch to put more money into finding him. I'm sure the RIAA will even be willing to toss in some of their own tracking information to find him. Surely if the RIAA is willing to rope in an 86yo grandma for downloading the new 50cent single, they're willing to go after OBL.
I bet what they find is that he's been dowlonading stuff from Dubya's server at Camp David.
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