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I did have other things to do... (I'm the author.) Also, I fumbled on the VM setup with VirtualBox—should have just used my vSphere Windows 10 instance, but it was already set up f…

Yes, the UK government is paying Microsoft a ton of cash for XP support, so this is possible.

Is anyone actually using this?

They're hiring a webmaster. But I think it's in a different cold place: Madison, Wisconsin. http://icecube.wisc.edu/jobs/show/webmaster

By VPN startups, they mean initiation of a VPN session. Specifically, this means they can grab the credentials at the beginning of a PPTP VPN session, and then decrypt it. PPTP has…

They're still supporting client-to-server XMPP, so third party apps can always just connect as a client rather than doing federation.

Having lost my brother to suicide just a year ago, I can empathize deeply with your loss. My thoughts are with your family.

Oh, yeah, because Pets.com would have worked so much better as a mobile app.

With the contract switching from Raytheon to Lockheed, the general NSF support contract should have a bunch of IT positions opening up next research season, I'd think.