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...States Code, which covers anybody who "intentionally accesses a computer without authorization or exceeds authorized access." Whatever that means--the law was passed in 1986, back when people were worried about mutually assured destruction and Matthew Broderick hacking into the WOPR. But I still felt like kind of a desperado...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Confessions of a Wi-Fi Thief | 6/12/2008 | See Source »

...password. In an attempt to achieve some kind of karmic balance, I have left my network open to any neighbors who want to mooch off it. Which, believe it or not, is a violation of EarthLink's terms of service. What do you know--I'm still a desperado after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Confessions of a Wi-Fi Thief | 6/12/2008 | See Source »

Hace una d?cada, Roberto Rodr?guez tenia dificultad en convencer a Hollywood que una actriz latina -Salma Hayek, antes de que ?sta fuera Salma Hayek- era la ideal para el protag?nico en Desperado, su pel?cula de matanza mariachi. Pero nadie lo cuestion? este a?o cuando escogi? a Jessica Alba, de padre m?jicoamericano, para interpretar a una encueratriz irlandesa en su versi?n de la cl?sica cinta, Sin City. Rodr?guez se ha convertido en uno de los hispanos m?s influyentes en Hollywood por su habilidad de poner a los latinos en papeles estelares y ampliar la definici?n...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Robert Rodr?guez | 8/15/2005 | See Source »

...primer arribo en 1990, a los 23 a?os, a Estados Unidos; siendo ya una estrella en su pa?s, M?xico, tuvo que comenzar de cero en la industria del cine en Los ?ngeles. Despu?s que el director Robert Rodr?guez la viera en televisi?n y la seleccionara para su pel?cula Desperado, de 1995, Hayek comenz? a conseguir papeles en pel?culas como Fools Rush In y Wild Wild West. Justo doce a?os despu?s de su llegada, la actriz ha producido y protagonizado el proyecto de sus sue?os, una biograf?a de la pintora mexicana Frida Kahlo, pel?cula que en la estaban interesadas por a?os...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Salma Hayek | 8/15/2005 | See Source »

Meese cleared his name last week with a check and a letter of apology in which he told the court that he thought the fine had been paid. Meanwhile, back in the computer room, another desperado came to light. On the night when the future Attorney General of the U.S. was caught crossing the street illegally, the President's campaign manager was cited as well. Still outstanding is a subsequent warrant--for the arrest of CIA Director William Casey. ENVIRONMENT Killer Bees Buzz California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Notes: Aug 5, 1985 | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

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