Word: ethically
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...tiny contingent -- later called ``hackers'' -- embraced computers and set about transforming them into tools of liberation. That turned out to be the true royal road to the future. ``Ask not what your country can do for you. Do it yourself,'' we said, happily perverting J.F.K.'s Inaugural exhortation. Our ethic of self-reliance came partly from science fiction. We all read Robert Heinlein's epic Stranger in a Strange Land as well as his libertarian screed-novel, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. Hippies and nerds alike reveled in Heinlein's contempt for centralized authority. To this day, computer scientists...
Eynon attributed the win to coaching of Bill Doyle and the work ethic that he taught...
Many Americans have simply given up on the battle of the bulge. The stringent diets and ``no pain, no gain'' exercise ethic of the '80s are probably the reason. The only way to successfully manage weight and achieve better health and fitness is through life-style changes in exercise and eating habits. People should look for fun, easy ways to get more active every day. The key is for them to pick exercise activities they enjoy, because they are more likely to stick to them. Crash diets and fanatical exercise regimes simply do not foster adherence...
Phiber says he had no interest in anything so venal. He adheres to a self- styled "hacker ethic," which justifies any computer intrusion as long as the motive is pure. In his mind, he was studying the phone system as an architecture student would the floor plan for a cathedral: as a thing of beauty. Still, when Secret Service agents began investigating telephone- company complaints, they found his digital footprints everywhere. During one six-month period, according to Secret Service logs, he broke into AT&T computers in Chicago and Portland, Maine, 69 times...
Would they be sacrificial lambs (roadkill, if you will) to so many Aikmans or Youngs? Yeah, probably. But that doesn't matter. This team has won its last six games with a simple, blue-collar ethic that resonates with America's heartland more than so many trash-talking Michael Irvins ever could...