Word: blackboarding
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...Hong Kong—in Cambridge to film a documentary on award-winning Graustein Professor of Mathematics Shing-Tung Yau—stands impatiently in the hallway waiting to interview Gross, while another of Gross’ colleagues, Cabot Professor of Natural Sciences Curtis T. McMullen is at the blackboard, excitedly discussing elliptical curve differentials...
While his colleagues sit in attentive silence, Gross writes formulae across the full expanse of the blackboard, explaining the obscurities of principle homomorphisms as if he were discussing the weather. It’s a topic he knows well—he was, after all, cited in the thesis’ bibliography...
There are measures in place to ensure the privacy and property of Crimson Cash users. HUDS has multiple checks and balances beyond those already built into the Blackboard Transaction System. Should Crimson Cash users be concerned that their credit card information is at risk, it is worth noting that none of that data exists within the Blackboard Transaction System. Additionally, Blackboard is constantly upgrading their system and has several measures underway to continue...
...Blackboard seems more interested in covering up the problem than in actually fixing it. The company has given no indication that it will take measures to improve security, and seems to have devoted most of its attention to playing word games and directing blame for the problem against the two students...
Blackboard’s apparent reluctance to deal with the problem means that it is up to Harvard to protect the interests of Crimson Cash users. The University should actively pressure Blackboard to improve the security of its systems, and should be prepared to switch to another service if Blackboard is unable or unwilling to do so. Although the cost of installing a new system would surely be high, the present system with its security glitches may soon become intolerable if exploitation of the sort described by the two hackers becomes rampant. The considerable volume of money transacted through...