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...Students may not attempt to circumvent security systems or to exploit or probe for security holes in any Harvard network or system, nor may students attempt any such activity against other systems accessed through Harvard’s facilities,” the guidelines state...
Practice makes perfect: Conservative M.P.s in Britain last week dumped their third leader since forcing out Margaret Thatcher in 1990. The mutiny was smooth and quick. After the hapless Iain Duncan Smith - who had failed utterly to exploit Prime Minister Tony Blair's Iraq problem - was shown the door, the normally intrigue-prone Tory M.P.s quickly rallied behind one man: shadow chancellor Michael Howard, 62, who seems likely to become leader this week unopposed. But can this football-loving lawyer do any better than Duncan Smith? Howard, the son of Jewish immigrants, has sharp elbows and broad experience in government...
...while the likes of Little X and Robinson enjoy the most air time on those crevices of MTV that remain hospitable towards music videos, they only represent the medium’s lower limits. At the other extreme are remarkable talents who exploit and revel in the unique confluence of sight, sound and stardom that music videos provide...
According to Caro, Johnson’s meteoric ascent was possible because he was able to tap and exploit previously neglected avenues to power...
Media giants and telecom companies are still trying to figure out how to exploit the new markets offered by the shift to broadband and video-on-demand. TiVo and systems like it, being rolled out by cable and satellite-TV providers, allow viewers to download TV shows and movies and watch them when they want, skipping ads if they choose. U.S. networks haven't figured out viable revenue models for that. The BBC has no such roadblock, since its shows are financed by the citizenry and broadcast in Britain commercial-free. That means it can get on with digitizing...