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pg really missed the point, and so do a lot of monks (including the one who considered OT: Happily developing on Windows, thanks to Cygwin).

OT: Happily developing on Windows, thanks to Cygwin is a meditation (nodetype "perlmeditation").
Repeat it with me, it is a meditation.
(OT) Security Rant is a meditation.
(OT) Finding Technology Solutions is a meditation.
(OT) The Honest Cherry Bomb is a meditation.
A perl meditation doesn't have to contain the word "perl" in it, it doesn't have to be perl centric, it just has to be relatable/applicable/ to the perl programmer/look-e-loo.

Now a meditation on "the best available visual basic debugger" would not be an acceptable perlmeditation ... it is clearly OT (OT in the sense that it should have never been posted).

(OT) SSL Certificates: Self-Signing and Alternative Solutions on the other hand, while relatable, is well something best discussed elsewhere (it is OT, just as much as discussing the "SCO/linux" copyright thing is). This is clearly best discussed elsewhere (maybe on slashdot).

OT: Looking for friendly UK ISP Sysadmins is also clearly off topic (I personally am fascinated by antique pornography, and would like to find some friendly british people who have access to antique pornography, antique british pornography). This too is clearly best discussed elsewhere (maybe on slashdot).

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