Monday, November 26, 2012
Military Historian -- Max Boot
Max Boot says he is one of America's leading military historians and foreign-policy analysts. See http://www.MaxBoot.net
Monday, November 19, 2012
Buzz Hazzard -- Spokesperson for Airline Pilots
According to a story in the WSJ, Buzz Hazzard is a spokesperson for the Airline Pilots Association.
-- WSJ 11/15/2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Ken Filmer, Photographer
Just discovered this in a posting on Photo.net
Ken Filmer, Photographer. One cannot make this stuff up!
Ken Filmer, Photographer. One cannot make this stuff up!
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Online Poker Magnate Chris Moneymaker
"Online poker sites started popping up over a decade ago but took off in 2003 when an accountant named Chris Moneymaker entered an online tournament and later won $2.5 million in the World Series of Poker."
-- WSJ 9/21/2011
-- WSJ 9/21/2011
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Christopher Coke, Drug Czar
In the news today. Jamaica attempts to arrest drug kingpin Christopher
Coke.
Coke.
Heard on the Diane Rehm Show.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Josh Root -- System Administrator
Geeks get this immediately. For others, I'll explain. In any modern
computer system, there is one top-level username with ultimate
control and power. For most of computing history that username has
been "root." Still is for Unix and Linux.
computer system, there is one top-level username with ultimate
control and power. For most of computing history that username has
been "root." Still is for Unix and Linux.
When a user gets such control and power it's called getting "root."
If your system is hacked, then you have been "rooted."
Josh Root is the system administrator at http://photo.net, a very
active photography site.
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Monday, February 22, 2010
Robert Stickler, B of A Spokesperson
Robert Stickler, frequent spokesperson for Bank of America. Seen today in a Wall Street Journal piece about Judge Rakoff's approval of the BofA/SEC settlement. Google Search: http://tinyurl.com/robertstickler
Rakoff is, of course, another remarkable name!
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