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...street, not as a dialogue between the human brain and a machine. Those who go mountaineering up the interface, however, are developing a wonderfully recondite vocabulary. Hackers (computer fanatics) at M.I.T. and Stanford maintain a Hacker's Dictionary to keep their common working language accessible to one another. Input and output have long since entered the wider language. So have software and hardware. The human brain in some circles is now referred to as wetware. When a computer goes down, of course, it crashes. Menu, meaning a computer's directory of functions, is turning up now as noun...
...however, Horner is focusing on coordinating input from Hoskins, Jackson, and Construction Management, all of whom are evaluating the conclusions of the report issued by Thompson and Lichtner, the Boston consulting firm Radcliffe hired last spring The 100-page study, which has not been made public, outlines the nature and extent of the damage and offers two alternatives for fixing...
...Citizen input is necessary on such an issue, and the current negotiations between states would provide for public hearings on the matter. But because Question 3 mandates a formal statewide referendum, a "yes" vote tomorrow could logistically keep Massachusetts out of an agreement with other states. Not only could referenda planning drag on beyond the deadline for the joint approval of the states, but other states have also expressed reservations about dealing with Bay State negotiators, whose bargaining promises could be invalidated by the results of a popular referendum...
Calling the working-class background "sort of a different cultural experience," LeTendre said the recent squeeze in financial aid funds "might provide some input," though it will not be a major focus of the project...
Despite the input of the open meeting the ACSR did not give the subcommittee any specific guideline Corey said...