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...suffering epileptic seizures so severe and unremitting that they could be relieved only by removal of part of her brain. First her brain was mapped by a positron-emission tomography scanner, a machine invented at ucla; then those readings were matched against others provided by a more conventional mri scan...
...didn't set out to make headlines or case law. A former furniture mover with an interest in computers, he opened his BBS in 1991 with 12 photos and a single phone line. He worked hard. He regularly put in 16-hour days, sometimes staying up all night to scan new, hard-to-find photos for his collection. At the time of his indictment he was spending $500 a week on fresh material, much of it sent by scouts as far away as Denmark and Brazil. The slogan for his bulletin board came from closer to home, however...
Tuba powered up the engines and made one last scan of his panel. Tonight they would practice intercept maneuvers over the Adriatic Sea with the carrier's F/A-18 Hornets. Rosie grabbed a bar over her instrument panel and tensed every muscle in her body. Launch...
...judging by its advance press, the most dreaded computer program since the Michelangelo virus. SATAN, which is an acronym for Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks, was designed by Farmer and a fellow programmer to help network administrators scan their computers for the technological equivalent of an unlocked back door -- a security hole that could be exploited by unauthorized users looking for a way to break in. By locating the cracks in their computer systems, administrators could patch them before they sprang leaks...
Lations constitute an estimated 40 percent of Los Angeles county residents, and they will likely be a majority within a decade. Their presence in the city is strong. Many public messages are printed in both English and Spanish. A scan of the radio dial reveals almost as many Spanish-language stations as English-language...