Guide to get cable modem working with debian

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>If you are not permitted to examine or correct the whole equation (all
>the computers and all the software), you will surely be blamed for
>problems beyond your control the instant something goes wrong.
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>I recommend politely declining to work on computers for people you don't
>like (or who don't like you), to save you both endless grief.
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I was about to say, "Just wait 'till you work for a company with more
than three IT/dev people including yourself." You'll be amazed at the
things that otherwise normal, intelligent people will decide to
politicize. Technical workarounds to social problems are a norm.

--Alexander