Word: quiets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Welcome to the world of the computer hacker. As midnight wears on to 3 a.m. and then 6 a.m., the hum of conversation dies and Wean Hall becomes very quiet. But the lights burn on, the soft-drink machine on the third floor continues to dispense 16-oz. bottles, and nocturnal computerniks still sprawl before green screens, clack-clacking their instructions into the memory of a DEC-20 system...
Neither are the bone-weary hackers who trudge out of Wean Hall at dawn's first light. They repair to dorm rooms and Victorian houses in quiet neighborhoods to spend the day in owl-like slumber, skipping both meals and classes. As dusk descends, they will meander back to the computer rooms, returning to the fluorescent comfort of typed instruction and programmed response, ready to hack again...
Amidst its hallowed scenery of wrought iron gates, crawling dark green ivy and Gothic halls adorned by little orange and black seals. Princeton University upperclassmen returned last fall to find the pristine center campus quiet and unchanged from generations past. But on the outskirts of Princeton's territory, underclassmen wake each day to clamoring sounds from campus renovation and construction, as the school's new residential college system gets under...
Lawrence R. Lincoln, another Beckwith resident, included his own message on the position: "I object to noise during exam periods. On a recent morning I was awakened at 7:54 a.m. I hope that you live in a quiet neighborhood. Ms Wadr...
...quiet for a moment. "I know I could go back," she says. Another pause. "There might be a problem about leaving again." -By John Skow