Top five for jarlsberg71

Who asked:

the top 5 ways you'd deploy a massive sarbanes-oxley certification product on a core-datacenter with a multi-platform, multi-vendor, multi-libarary production environment.

1. With an axe.

2. By C-130 from 1,250 feet.

3. With written permission from the National Football League and ABC Sports.

4. First, I'd send my cavalry to secure my flanks. After that, charge!

5. Outsource the job to an Elbonian subcontractor.

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Who asked two questions:

top 5 sniper rifles

1.The M40A1 Simple, effective, deadly. What more do you want?

2. The M21 Sniper Rifle/M24 Sniper Weapons System You never forget your first love. I trained on and used the M21, which is basically a retooled and highly accurate M-14 battle rifle. The M-24 is the next evolution of the system.

3. The M1903A4 Springfield. What can you say about a weapon adopted initially in 1903, made into a sniper rifle in WWII, and still in use 20 years later? I've had the pleasure of firing one of these beauties, and was getting center-mass shots at 700 meters with massive penetration.

4. The M82A1A .50 Caliber Special Application Scoped Rifle Penguin likes BIG booms. Look at that effective range: 1800 meters! Load it with SLAP rounds and you are shredding engine blocks a mile away! Admittedly, carrying the son-of-a-bitch sucks..

5. The 7.62-mm Dragunov SVD This wouldn't make a lot of lists, but it's a Kalashnikov design, and shows his determination to build rifles that can survive combat.

The second question is a bit harder. There are so many great moments.. the duel between Zaitsev and Thorvald, Carlos Hathcock holding up an entire VC battalion at a river for close to eight hours.. I'll just provide this link and let you enjoy the great moments yourself.

But if I had to pick...

1. Union General John Sedgewick is rudely interrupted.

2. Zaitsev and Thorvald duel in Stalingrad

3. Alvin York wins a battle with precision fire.

4. The very existence of Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock is a great moment in sniping. We all live in Long Trang's shadow.

5. The sacrifice of two Delta Force snipers during the "Blackhawk Down" incident.

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Who asked:

Top 5 memories from your childhood.

Hmmm.. tricky.

1. Seeing the 49ers first beat Dallas in the NFC Championship Game, courtesy of Dwight Clark and The Catch, then go on to win Super Bowl XVI

2. Any of our various trips to the beach house at Parajaro Dunes. An annual tradition for much of my childhood.

3. Getting to sit in the engine of the Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad on my birthday. I got to shovel coal, blow the whistle, and release the brake.

4. Finally beating my big brother isomeme at a wargame. It was Ogre, and I discovered the 4-howitzer defense before he did. :)

5. Seeing The Who for the first time in 1982. That show changed my life.