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Truecrypt Trouble Triumph

Thursday, June 10, 2010

If you are having trouble unmounting a truecrypt file with truecrypt -d (especially if you get a “device busy” message) try umounting it first. You can do this from the command line with: umount /media/truecrypt1 and then doing the usual: truecrypt -d Obviously you may have your truecrypt file mounted somewhere other than /media/truecrypt1, but [...]

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Too Many Choices?

Sunday, April 19, 2009

MS Windows advocates sometimes claim that “normal people” (1) don’t like having choices and that all the Linux distributions confuse people. Just a quick question: have any of the people who argue this ever seen or been in an American supermarket? Have you seen the cereal aisle? The toothpaste section? Seriously, my wife is from [...]

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On the Second Amendment

Sunday, April 19, 2009

What is the purpose of the 2nd amendment to the US Constitution? Not self-defense from muggers, rapists, or even murderers. The 2nd amendment exists to allow citizens to protect themselves from their government. Citizens have a responsibility to resist tyranny and oppression and they must have the ability to do so. This is probably a [...]

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