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Colin, this is just not a good time for this.

Sigh. I hate political correctness.

Ok, nil nisi bonum it is; I'll shut up now.

Colin, you are now officially the most militantly nerdy person I know. Militant nerdery: bad for empathy, GREAT for cryptosystems. I'm getting our IT guy to sign up for Tarsnap tomorrow.

Colin, you are now officially the most militantly nerdy person I know

I credit coming from a family of academics who care strongly about academic freedom. That said, I think I even shocked some highly liberal academics last year when I stood up in a university senate meeting and decried a proposed affirmative action policy as "unabashedly racist".

Militant nerdery: bad for empathy, GREAT for cryptosystems. I'm getting our IT guy to sign up for Tarsnap tomorrow.

blink I was not expecting that. I was hoping that people wouldn't hold my personal opinions against me professionally, but I didn't think for a moment that I'd gain any customers.

I'm not kidding.

It's a good thing he runs his own company too, because boards / PR depts don't think like that, and would be having a fit if they found this. ;-)

"Founder of Tar Snap (Nasdaq: TRSP) pisses on Steve Jobs's grave!"

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