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ARMY NO LONGER FORCING PEOPLE TO SERVE!!!

Nifty!  Bet McCain is pissed, though.  Now they may have to pay benefits.Pentagon to phase out unpopular ’stop-loss’ program – CNN.com
The military will phase out its “stop loss” program, the contentious practice of holding troops beyond the end of their enlistments, for all but extraordinary situations, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Wednesday.

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Good God, Windows 7 not backwards compatable?

I can’t even imagine the size of this problem, if true
I also don’t understand the logic behind the decision that spawned this.  If going to Windows7 means buying all new software, and/or patching code so extensively as to pale the Y2K crisis (and, contrary to the post, I believe it would far exceed Y2K) why [...]