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...gaining national publicity for ways to foil computers, Popek said he hopes to break the myth of infallibility which surrounds computer systems and at the same time to raise questions about the dangers of computer information misuse, particularly by the government...
Israeli electronic specialists are currently in the U.S. to study American electronic equipment developed to foil enemy antiaircraft attacks during the North Viet Nam bombing. The weapons include three "smart" bombs that can be launched from a safe distance. One is the Shrike, which electronically homes in on the radar units used by SAMs. Another is the Walleye, which is steered to the target by means of a television camera in its nose. The Israelis are also interested in a third system called Pave Way, which employs two planes. One plane, which flies well out of range of enemy fire...
...result could well foil Federal Reserve strategy once more. The Federal Reserve has tried to put new money into banks gradually, because an open-handed policy might be inflationary. But Federal Reserve officials are also pledged not to permit a wave of corporate bankruptcies, and last week they acted to make sure banks have enough cash to meet demands from corporations seeking loans to pay off commercial paper. They invited banks to borrow more money directly from the Federal Reserve system itself. The Fed also removed the ceilings on interest that banks can pay on short-term certificates of deposit...
Copley's pictures are not intended to be seen as mere gags, of course. His adaptation of the bold black line and super-simple draftsmanship of the early comics predates Pop. Of late, he has developed bright geometric patterns as an effective foil for his figures. Neither as disturbing as the Surrealists nor as incisive as some Pop artists, he yet fills a niche in which form and humor are as indispensable to each other as wit and word in a limerick. "I see painting as poetry," he says. "Humor, after all is the reminder that we are mortal...
...stability somehow depends on the position of the front wheel's point of contact with the ground. The rider, after all, usually steers instinctively in the direction of a potential fall, thereby moving the point of contact to one side and increasing the bike's stability. To foil that balancing act, Jones replaced the regular front wheel with a small furniture caster mounted directly in line with the steering-post axis so that turning would not shift the point of contact. Trouble was. the caster quickly became almost red-hot and could not negotiate bumps more than...