1 question.

1 chance.

1 honest answer.

That's all you get.

You get to ask me 1 question.

Any question, anything, no matter how crazy, dirty, or wrong it is.

But I dare you to repost this.

And see what people ask you!

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1. I'm exhausted. Today is day three of hit the ground running and no time to rest. It's mental, not physical, work, but (a) that's where I live, is in my head; and (2) adrenaline is adrenaline.
2. Spending three days and several $200+ conference calls, and risking days of technical support, in order to save $400 over the next two years, when you ( Read more... )

Greetings. As of 3 November 2008, I've decided to make this journal friends-only from this point forward.

If you'd like to read my journal, please leave a comment here. Please indicate where you know me from, and don't be upset if I don't add you. These days I generally only add people who at least know someone I know. (Accordingly, if we have ( Read more... )

I'm feeling my age today. In 1988 I was working for the University of Maryland, whose computer science department was an early presence on the Internet and was the second or third site hit by the Morris worm on November 2 ( Read more... )

I don't know if I ever mentioned this here:

I work at a secure government facility. Accordingly, web browsing is done through a filtering proxy that blocks access to certain sites because of content or for security reasons. These sites include, but are not limited to:

• MySpace
• Facebook
• Black Rose (including the BR '08 attendee area)
• FetLife (duh)

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It's been a while -- I thought people might like a status report on rene and her new bionic knee ( Read more... )

Is my calendar correct? This is the big 21? Congratulations!

Wow, we have really lost our way in the space program.

The Ares I rocket is what NASA wants to build to carry four astronauts into orbit, to rendezvous with the rocket that will then take them to the Moon. Well, apparently on top of the fact that

• the Ares rocket may be too heavy for the launch pad crawlerway
• and was originally too heavy to ( Read more... )

Anyone have any experience with black powder firearms?

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