The Supreme Court last considered this question in 2005, when it decided that a marine dredge in Boston Harbor was a vessel for purposes of determining whether people essential to its function were covered by maritime labor laws.

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Navy and Marine Corps computer users "should leave Y2K evaluation to the network administration personnel tasked to perform that function and users are reminded that programs distributed by e-mail must be considered suspect, " the message stated.

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