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This term comes from the days when tape media had to be physically mounted at the instruction of an operating system. The terminology is still used in UNIX/Linux environments. When the system is powered on all hard drives are normally set to mount automatically, but removable media such as CD-ROMs and floppy disks have to be manually set to be recognized by the operating system (mounted) after they are inserted into the
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Mount - Monty Solomon wrote: With the FCC issuing fines in record numbers to everyone from Howard Stern to Bubba the Love Sponge, the "dump" button, like this one at WEEI, has taken on newfound importance because it allows for a 10-second delay to censor out naughty words. Never mind %!*$ or #%*@ -- even the word "effin' " is off-limits. But is this the government's job?It's *this* government's job, just like all the other facistgovernments that have preceded them throughout the world. If thecountry (re)elects Bush it will only get worse.
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