Word: funs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fun part--the criticism--starts. Should we blame the coach, the players or the referees? Well, I'm here to tell you to address all letters of complaint to U.S. Coach John Thompson...
These clandestine battles, which took place late at night when computer usage was low, were quietly sanctioned by Bell Labs' bemused managers, many of whom were senior scientists. The fun soon spread to other leading computer- research facilities, including Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center and the artificial-intelligence lab at M.I.T...
...stand-alone device, there was no threat of a runaway virus. If things got out of control on a particular machine, its keepers could simply shut it down. But all that changed when computers began to be connected to one another. A self-replicating organism created in fun could be devastating if loosed upon the world of interconnected machines. For that reason, the Core War combatants observed an unspoken vow never to reveal to the public the details of their game...
...soul. Enter phone booth-shaped screening rooms to watch clips from All About Eve or Mary Tyler Moore's last episode with commentary from Directors Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Jay Sandrich. Model costumes of the stars, like Marilyn Monroe's dress from The Seven Year Itch, before a fun-house mirror. Lay your own sound effects over the dialogue of a TV commercial or movie clip. Browse through the media memorabilia of a zillion middle-class childhoods: the Cisco Kid coloring book, the Partridge Family lunch box, a Donald Duck board game, the Welcome Back, Kotter paper-doll...
...freedom is short-lived, and after a few years, our sense of fun may begin to take on a different tenor. But for now, briefcases and business cards and early bedtimes have their place-in the future...