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With the network fading in and out, e-mail was unavailable for much of the day. The shutdown also affected computers that are set up to look for the network as they boot up, including machines that run Microsoft Windows...
...This morning I woke up and tried to boot up my computer," said Thomas J. Mucha '03, who said he encountered a blank screen. "I thought it was my computer's fault...
EDITOR'S NOTE: TIME Daily writer Frank Pellegrini, at a ripe 27 years, has taken a leave of absence to join the Army Reserve. He is undergoing basic training - boot camp - and then will spend several months in an Army journalism school. Given the difficulty the forces are experiencing in recruiting young people these days, we think his experiences and impressions are worth sharing. Here is the ninth missive; others will be posted as they arrive...
...when you do. Clear your mask - a puff out through the one-way mouth hole - and you're back in the pink, congratulating yourself on your fortitude and staring quizzically at the masked-and-gloved drill sergeants burning the CS sticks, wondering if the drama of this boot camp ordeal, like so many others, had been oversold...
...character called Laura Cruise was sketched out but got the boot because "she sounded too American." When Lara Croft arrived, "we went over the top making her British." The fictional Lara is a graduate of Prince Charles' alma mater, despite the small obstacle that--as Smith points out--the school doesn't admit women...