Word: modem
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...much to expect in a refund. People eligible for the program use the 1040-EZ form, are single with no dependents and have a taxable income of less than $50,000. Another IRS program, CyberFile, will allow taxpayers to transmit their returns directly to the IRS via modem...
...could it really be that all the centuries of scientific discovery and technical ingenuity that led to the computer and modem were just laying the groundwork for someone to transmit messages like "Cockle Doodle DOOO" and "Can we undress...
...stop the outlets from proliferating because I need my phone, my fax, my modem. I crave the dope, the nitrous, the crack. I die without your sustenance, your community. I am nothing when deprived of that liaison with power...
...military's microsensors and omniscient rows of video monitors may be expensive, but much of the technology needed to attack information systems is low-cost (a computer, a modem), widely available (a willing hacker) and just as efficient (one phone call). "It's the great equalizer," says futurist Alvin Toffler. "You don't have to be big and rich to apply the kind of judo you need in information warfare. That's why poor countries are going to go for this faster than technologically advanced countries." An infowarrior could be anyone in the checkout line at the local computer store...
...Microsoft Network or the Internet. You can easily create a bookmark, which looks like a small icon, and drop it onto your computer's desktop. Later, if you're off-line and want to return to the place, just click on the bookmark and Windows 95 fires up the modem and connects to the cool site. To share your discovery, you can even E-mail the bookmark icon to a friend...