Word: monitors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...course, anyone with a pocket protector will point out that labeling Harvard's "biggest" computer requires gross simplification. Are we talking biggest monitor? Biggest capacity? Computer which allows most number of simultaneous log-ons? Computer "size" is truly in the definition of the beholder, and Machine Room #1 can be considered to house the "biggest" only in the sense that its giant is currently devoted to the largest single task of any Harvard computer system...
...record, the biggest computer monitor at Harvard is 56 inches and utilizes the largest cathode-ray tube available to man. The monstrous screen has been used for presenting demos to groups and for some video editing, but according to Winthrop House User Assistant Jeffrey E. Zinsmeister `00, "like a lot of novelties, it just sits around...
...yellow sweatshirt is Olyver W. Haynes, Tower Records' loss prevention agent. His job is to monitor the store's state-of-the-art security system...
Haynes points to a man on his monitor. "Icaught him last week," he says. "He's beenstealing software from you guys...
...also concerned that Harvard and the Ivy League refuse to demand public disclosure of factory locations. While the apparel manufactures claim that this information is a trade secret, disclosure is vital to ensure that those who monitor factory conditions are doing their jobs properly. With factory locations made public, sweatshops will have nowhere to hide. Major universities like Duke, Georgetown and the University of Wisconsin at Madison have already committed to full disclosure; in response, Harvard, a much richer institution with a national reputation for moral leadership, should not be afraid to join in this initiative. If American universities join...