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I need to state clearly up front that I am a proud technophile. Be it my day job, which may have me freeing up tablespace in an Oracle database, cursing at a bad java classpath or late night gaming (reeeaally late night and only after completing my IM tasks). My love of all things tech, gadgets, literature, art, song, etc. makes my significant other roll her eyes. Given my fairly long exposure (too young to be old, too old to be young) to various aspects of internet technology,...