Finally - 23 days early - my Most Precious has arrived via FedEx.

Not all resources are equal:

Continuing my frustration with changing my password on this one Linux system, I tried to be clever. So I logged in as root, then used:

passwd accountname

to force set the password. So much to my surprise, when I tried that, and I saw this response:

I have sold my Apple MacBook Pro today, and since my order for the new one is still more than a month away I'll have to sell my soul for a little while to the dark side - Asus A7S.

My password on a Linux server was recently reset by the authorities that be, and the secure thing to do is naturally to immediately change your password upon logging in, to enhance privacy and security of the account. So much to my surprise did I encounter this response from the system:

-bash-2.05b$ passwd
Changing password for user waldo.
Changing password for waldo
(current) UNIX password:
You must wait longer to change your password
passwd: Authentication token manipulation error

So much for this company and their security policies. It sucks!