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Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:23:07 -0700
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Steve,

> First pass is done. Needs a little cleanup before sharing. I spent a 
> fair while down OS-specific-hardware-queries rathole, but I'm better now.

Gods, I hope you gave up on that.  You want to use SIGAR or something.

--Josh