Word: minuses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...1960s, Berners-Lee was the quintessential child of the computer age. His parents met while working on the Ferranti Mark I, the first computer sold commercially. They taught him to think unconventionally; he'd play games over the breakfast table with imaginary numbers (what's the square root of minus 4?). He made pretend computers out of cardboard boxes and five-hole paper tape and fell in love with electronics. Later, at Oxford, he built his own working electronic computer out of spare parts and a TV set. He also studied physics, which he thought would be a lovely compromise...
Last year's Harvard team won its third straight Ivy title and defeated top-seeded Stanford in the first round of the NCAA Tournament's West Regional. One year later, minus a set of five seniors that included superstar Allison Feaster '98, the Crimson finishes its season right at sea level...
...Last year's Harvard team won its third straight Ivy title and defeated top-seeded Stanford in the first round of the NCAA Tournament's West Regional. One year later, minus a set of five seniors that included superstar Allison Feaster '98, the Crimson finishes its season right at sea level...
...Crimson, minus Collins, plays next at Old Dominion on March...
Under this plan, Microsoft would get to stay in one piece and still profit from sales of "classic" Windows. More competition might mean cheaper operating systems and, in the long run, cheaper PCs. On the minus side, however, "You would end up with an ever diverging standard that would have a dramatic impact on everyone whose business involves Windows," says Jonathan Zuck of the Association for Competitive Technology...