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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although she turned Harvard down as a high school senior, Cambridge Crimson is beginning to look better on Johnson than Carolina Blue...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Athlete of the Week: Melissa Johnson `00 | 11/30/1999 | See Source »

...checkers or tic-tac-toe. If a computer could memorize enough mechanical moves to play, that didn't mean it was smart; it was just good at plugging numbers. Computers can only do what they've been programmed to do, the conventional wisdom said; true originality, the capacity to look at a unique situation and determine an appropriate response, required more than circuits...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, | Title: Creativity, Bit by Bit | 11/30/1999 | See Source »

...creativity means creation in a vacuum, then no. However, very little human creativity may come out of a vacuum. The most powerful literature does not always deal with subjects never considered before, but often presents common experiences in a slightly different light. If a formula can make you look creative, maybe originality is more formulaic than the Romantic ideal of the inspired genius would imply--maybe the interactions of neurons and of transistors aren't that far apart. Literary creativity may be just the first in a number of skills future computers will acquire that are now thought...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, | Title: Creativity, Bit by Bit | 11/30/1999 | See Source »

DOTS Dots per inch indicate print quality. You want at least 600 dpi, but always go to a store and look at real printouts before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1999 Technology Buyer's Guide: Sharp, Fast and Cheaper Too | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

NUMBERS GAME Resolution is measured in thousands of pixels per inch. For best-quality still pictures, look for 2-megapixel cameras...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1999 Technology Buyer's Guide: A Revolution in Resolution | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

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