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...Sending 6,000 students the same message is not the function of e-mail. This is a broadcast," he said. "While an occasional short message sent at low use times may not harm the system, increased broadcasts of longer messages will bring it down so that...
...Vice President Al Gore claims to have been entirely unaware that an April luncheon he attended at a Buddhist temple in California was an illegal fund raiser. With a face as straight as only his can be, Gore said in a radio interview last week that he thought the function, organized by Huang and the D.N.C., was a "community-outreach" event. More observant guests, however, have said it was plain to them that what was reaching out was an open palm. Attendees included deep-pocketed members of the local Asian-American community. The D.N.C. says it collected...
...multicolored blocks of numbers flashing across a computer screen. To make the best use of the spacecraft's dwindling power, he has shut down all but three of its 11 scientific instruments, and by early next year only one--Van Allen's cosmic ray detector--will be able to function. Citing operational costs and the diminishing scientific return, NASA has ordered Wirth to halt all communications with Pioneer next year on March...
...leading the charge to restore the majesty of the mainframe by giving its System/390 mainframes a complete makeover. The size of the machines has shrunk some 80%, and prices have dropped nearly 90%, to an average of $5 million. While mainframes still function as the old-fashioned workhorse for payroll departments and number-crunching scientists, they have also expanded into hipper new markets like the Internet, where they act as network servers. IBM even changed its trademark color to yellow or red stripes. "We don't even call them mainframes anymore," says Linda Sanford, an IBM general manager...
Coffey told The Crimson that this proposed "information center" would function to distribute publications, tickets, and other information about Harvard resources and student groups...