That is a distinction without a difference. Either way the once accessible data can no longer be accessed any longer.

Because they have the equipment and are always looking for an excuse to use it to justify the cost and training. And because the more they use it, the sooner they can get more of it.

It makes zero sense to a normal person, nor does their justification for needing the equipment in the first place, but once they have it they'll use it any chance they get.

14 years ago the answer was Oracle Linux, based on what I was told by my boss who left us to take a job at Apple

not sure what flavor / distro they use nowadays but almost certainly Linux and almost certainly one with an Enterprise Support agreement.

There's a whole list of codenames for different scenarios - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_nuclear_incident_terminology

mine is Pluto Nash. I offer no real defense for the movie, it's a hot mess, but I've always enjoyed it for some reason.

Does the flavor change throughout the month or anything? Or is it just a large salami that you eat throughout the month? Either way, I want one!

Probably this one: UNIX Recovery Legend https://www.ee.torontomu.ca/~elf/hack/recovery.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loan_note

Shorthand for a loan I imagine.

Exactly. Most cloud virtualization providers you just take a snapshot of the virtual disk and provide that when requested and the customer never has a clue that is happened. I'd get contacted by our legal department, told that my boss was only to be told that I was working for them for now and no other details, and then directed on what they needed a copy of and how to send it to them.

Honestly? The only thing that comes in the mail is bills and ads. I can't remember the last time I mailed something, and it's very rare that something I care about is coming to me by mail. Why do I care if the ads I'm about to sort through and throw away took 2 days or 7 days to get to me? I don't want them either way.

If it's housed in its own case, it's a power brick.

This is a line lump, the alternative to the wall wart. Both were slang terms, it just sounds like only one of them stuck around.

That's what gets me. This feels like an attempt to pass responsibility on and deflect away from the fact that the authorities were alerted and involved and did nothing to stop it.