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Re:Scram Switch by CobaltFire on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @08:33PM (#26655223)
Please note my precise use of language; as stupid as it sounds if you were involved in the program (your language is precise enough that I’d lay a bet you were in some fashion) you signed documents indicating your inability to utilize certain words.

It’s stupid and I’m calling attention to it by this, and Wikipedia uses those words, but we sign NDAs and it’s the Government. No one ever claimed it all makes sense.

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Re:Scram Switch by CobaltFire on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @09:10PM (#26655507)
I’m curious why the downvotes but no comments?

I’m in no way judging the other commenter. I think that particular restriction is stupid since the information is in the public domain. However it IS still a binding legal restriction. My comment was as much about the stupidity as about any possible breach.

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Re:Scram Switch by brandmeyer on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @09:43PM (#26655717)
> I’m curious why the downvotes

'cause you came across as an asshole. It doesn't bother me that much. Nuclear safety relies on ~~assholes~~ attention to detail to work, to be honest.

> but no comments

Its not exactly a jumping off point for discussion, is it? I've been out for 15 years and still regularly fail to recognize when I'm being a dick. Look back at what you wrote and think about for a minute.

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Re:Scram Switch by CobaltFire on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @10:21PM (#26655932)
Fair enough; I work Security now so I don’t get confronted with my dickishness often enough I suppose, since it’s an asset there.

I appreciate the call out. We can always learn and grow!

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Re:Scram Switch by portlander52232 on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @09:54PM (#26655792)
I don’t know why the downvotes but I’m scratching my head trying to figure out what words in the OP would be forbidden. But I guess you wouldn’t be able to answer that question.
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Re:Scram Switch by CobaltFire on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @10:22PM (#26655952)
Suffice to say the reason you can’t identify it is why it’s stupid. Everyone knows them and yet the Navy requires we not reference them because that gives away design and operational characteristics of our plants.
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