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• Creator of EPICS/EDM control screens for Phase 1A developent of the ERL
• Tru64 UNIX Librarian for Cornell's TEI CSLG/ESL members

• UnOfficial Cornell job summary: Prog/Analyst Spec
  (Wow. Don't it sound important! :-) )

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  (Includes a detailed history of the program.)

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• National Infrastructure Protection Center
• "When I go to..." Responsible use parody at the University of Virgina.
• U.K. JANET-CERT Systems Administrators' Charter (only the details are slightly different in the U.S.)
• Incident Response Tools for Unix (by Holt Sorensen)
  • Part One: System Tools
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  http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks

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in the Project Bartleby Archive

I was quiet because I didn't deal drugs.

I was quiet because I was innocent.

I was quiet because I didn't own a gun.

and I can say nothing about it.

The full text of U.S. Constitution's " Bill of Rights" can be read on the Web server of Cornell's Legal Information Institute.

See also: Pastor Martin Niemoeller's statement, although there are other versions.

Loyal and honest, you work well with others. Generous yet stubborn and often selfish. Look to the Horse or Tiger. Watch out for Dragons.

Well, maybe.

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