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Every morning, I come into work, relatively chipper and ready to face the day. Problem is, more mornings than not, I'm met with the dispiriting news that a new high-tech bug is stalking my computer. By 10:30 or so, I've reached a state of low-grade panic; I have a third cup of coffee and imagine the virus circling my e-mail in-box like a vulture hunting for injured prey. And I know I'm in for it, because let's face facts: In the grand scheme of the Internet world, I'm roughly...
...cartooning. "For decades," says film historian John Canemaker, director of the animation program at New York University, "feature animation was dominated by one style: Disney's. Now a diversity of techniques and styles are gaining acceptance. There are computer-animated features, such as Pixar's Toy Story and A Bug's Life. There is clay and/or puppet animation--and because of the artistry of Nick Park and Peter Lord, it is going to grab audiences. We are expanding the definition of the form. It's a brave new world in animation...
...Ousted Fijian President 2. Bug-eyed 3. Winning word in the 2000 National Spelling Bee 4. Get the lead out? 5. River in a 1957 film 6. Toothpaste type 7. Consumer-protection org. 8. Appeals court says no asylum hearing for him 9. Major leagues 10. A Hard Road to Glory author 11. Its latest military exercises include Greeks and Turks 17. Troy, N.Y., coll. 19. It is sometimes jerked 22. He's offered Bush access to Pentagon info 23. They could use some refinement 24. Puppeteer Baird 25. Exploit 27. Analogy words 28. He termed his re-election "fair...
...article "School for Hackers" [TECHNOLOGY, May 22], you referred to Manila's AMA Computer College as "a pioneer in Philippine computer education." That's not even close to the truth. Also, the AMA student alleged to be the mastermind behind the Love Bug computer virus is not a talented hacker and certainly not world class. The code could have been written by any computer- and Internet-savvy 14-year-old. Emphatically, we in the Philippines are not proud of what this hacker has done. MARICRIS GO Quezon City, the Philippines...
...computer hacker who can cause millions in damages may seem glamorously intelligent, but he is, in fact, a dangerous terrorist. And in the same way that terrorists enjoy, if not thrive on, media attention, so do hackers. Putting the spotlight on the Love Bug hacker may have allowed him to achieve yet another of his sick objectives. No wonder he loves us! ZINA SHAHILI VALAYDON Rose Hill, Mauritius...