This must be a very familiar tale, yet I feel the urge to tell it again... about two weeks ago my hard drive started making that horrible 'click' noise that indicates that it is about time for it to shuffle off its all too mortal coil (and spindle, and platter …

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Dad -- I know we've had our differences, sometimes for years at a time. Funny how I wound up with a lot of the same traits as you -- self-assuredness, stubbornness, independence, extreme rationality -- and when we butted heads those qualities made for some pretty intense disagreements. But you did pass on …

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