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...first rule of computer security is that there isn't any. The only way to keep a computer safe is to unplug the phone line, unplug the network connection, never use diskettes and to prohibit anyone from using it. A windowless room and a handful of deadbolt locks comes in handy...
...able to impel Colorado, or the Boy Scouts, to change their policies. Those who believe in the "reasons" for the discrimination practiced by these groups are welcome to spend their money as they will. As to whether Yale (or its student-run public service group) should be allowed to prohibit Boy Scouts from meeting in its space, the logic is presented backwards. The Boy Scouts have no inherent right to meet in that particular space; the decision that is made is whether or not to permit them to meet...
...unfriendly Administrations have enabled employers to stall off union- representation elections for years and even break strikes. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich now proposes to change all that. Meeting with the AFL-CIO executive council in Bal Harbour, Florida, Reich repledged Bill Clinton's support for a law to prohibit employers from hiring permanent replacements for striking workers (the certainty of a George Bush veto long kept the Democratic majorities in Congress from even trying to pass such a law). Further, said Reich, Clinton will appoint a special commission to recommend other ways to equalize the power of unions...
EVEN BEFORE IT BECAME PART OF STATE LAW, COLOrado's Amendment 2 was stirring up a national boycott. But now it is no longer clear when, or even if, Amendment 2 will ever become law. Approved by voters in November, the amendment -- which would prohibit the state or its localities from passing laws that specifically guarantee homosexuals protection against discrimination -- was scheduled to take effect last Friday. But that afternoon, Colorado Judge Jeffrey Bayless granted an injunction pending the outcome of a lawsuit that argues the amendment is unconstitutional...
Although the EPA's conclusions lack any regulatory punch, several American companies are now considering a total ban on cigarette smoking in the workplace. The Baltimore Orioles announced last week that they would limit smoking to certain designated areas of their open-air stadium and prohibit it in the seats...