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I feel like I'm 2 keywords shy of a good google search on most of these issues.  After spending the evening reading through Bill Harlan to earn enough karma to ask:

1. Microsoft Natural keyboards are loud. Headphone penetrating focus thwarting loud. Any suggestions?
2. Is there a definitive regular expression for UR[L|I] address matching?
3. Do you have any suggestions or resources for learning large chunks of (plain) code? Does your approach differ if it's a. pattern peppered OO, and b. of it is on top of partially and to-be-learned commercial and proprietary libraries?
4. Is using a dial-up Windows XP (home) box as internet gateway (or DHCP?) for getting my future Linux setup internet connected (similar to my current Win98) unreasonable?

I feel like I'm 2 keywords shy of a good google search on most of these issues.

I don't know if this is that Bill Harlan, but I found it amusing.  Aahz's sig. "'It is easier to optimize correct code than to correct optimized code.' --Bill Harlan" brought me to my this investigation