“Military justice is to justice as military music is to music.” This seems

to have been Clemenceau remarking on the Dreyfus affair. (Of which, by the

way, there is a condensed account in Prime Obsession. Sorry, couldn’t resist.)

Cat-5 cable: Answers all over the place on this. One professional network

engineer tells me he just runs the cat-5 cable anywhere, never gives it a

thought, & has had no problems. Others want me to keep it a foot away from

power wires at least. I’m going to compromise & avoid power lines as much

as I can, crossing at right angles when absolutely necessary. And most

everyone agrees that making your own RJ45 terminations is a dog. I am

discouraged; but I’ve bought the darn tool now (it cost $16) so shall give

it the old college try.