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...announcement revealed two emerging trends: 1) The growth of the Web has made it easier than ever for individuals to disrupt the commerce of major corporations; and 2) The U.S. government trails private industry in policing the ever-expanding portion of the economy trapped in the World Wide Web. "The FBI's doing what it can," notes TIME Digital online editor Nathaniel Wice. "But the truth of the matter is that the people who are most advanced at tracking these things are those running the Web sites and the private firms that specialize in this type of criminal activity...
This does not mean, however, that the College will be welcoming dorm-room businesses with open arms. While students are no longer forbidden from using University resources to run their businesses, they must still operate under legitimate constraints. Budding entrepreneurs must take care not to disrupt their roommates. Furthermore, the proposed policy, citing the University's non-profit tax-exempt status, warns against "excessive" use of resources. Business traffic on Harvard's computer and mail systems must blend in with normal use. Students are also prohibited from listing their Harvard e-mail addresses or phone numbers as business contacts...
...developed "significant relationships" with a child. Then, parents should be allowed to raise their children with minimal government intrusion, unless the child is in danger. "When you have someone who's taken on the responsibility of performing as a parent, we really need to have a good reason to disrupt that," she says...
...underground library beneath the garden of Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, DC. It was a fairly comprehensive article; however, it failed to make any mention of the fact that an alternative site for such a building exists, within the property holdings of Dumbarton Oaks, which would in no way disrupt the highly cherished garden designed by Beatrix Farrand...
...provide a live example of the earlier projects documented by the show, Attie was commissioned to create a site-specific installation for the ICA, which will use laser and slide projection to illuminate the building's former use as a prison for the Boston Police Department. To disrupt our own quotidian urban experience, An Unusually Bad Lot will be on public display evenings during selected dates between Dec. 30 and Jan. 12. Though the very nature of Attie's work makes it ephemeral, the ICA has ensured in this excellent presentation that these projections of lives won't simply vanish...