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Spring's calling for a riveting game of mothball ping pong. Throw discriminating palates and post-lobotomy brain stems to the wind, sweethearts, because garish is back in. Time to raid mum's closet for a taste of retro ugliness...
...attackers brought down eBay and other sites using a method called "denial of service," or DOS. On a regular computer network, one computer sends a packet, or a bit of information, to another computer, and waits for a "ping" in return to verify that the information was received...
...nation's most consistent and successful performers, senior Tim Martin, who is also a Crimson editor, won the 200-meter butterfly with a time of 1:53.01. Senior Ping Tjin Thum finished second, with Groves and freshman Jan Cieslikiewicz following close behind in third and fourth, respectively...
...Internet has produced its first postmodern superhero in the form of MAHIR CAGRI, a 37-year-old man with a beak nose and, by his own admission, an interest in Ping-Pong, sex and playing the accordion. "I Kiss You!!!!!"--runs the greeting of the Mahir home page--a normal enough salutation in his native Turkey but a thrill to the hordes of fans who have sent e-mails recommending his site to friends. Cagri, who "invitates" any young women coming to his hometown of Izmir to stay in his home, has provoked Clinton-based parodies, flash animations...
...three different versions of north: true, magnetic and the local street grid's) are seven thematic areas called Learning Worlds. Within each, visitors are free to immerse themselves in scientific concepts that range from basic physics to advanced medicine. "One of the problems with all science centers is the 'Ping-Pong-ball effect,'" says Joseph Wisne, COSI's vice president for design and production. "Visitors literally bounce from one interactive device to the next, pushing buttons to see what things do, as opposed to using them to engage their own sense of creativity, adventure and learning...