Word: seriousness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Martino breaks down TIME.com poll popularity into three categories of voting results: the thousands, the tens of thousands, and the hundreds of thousands (and up). It's simple statistical penetration: How many web users come to a posted poll before one of them happens to be a serious -- and seriously skilled -- hacker? A mild-mannered TIME Daily poll such as "No more Independent Counsels?" fell into the first category -- fewer than 2,000 votes in its first week -- and it tantalized no intruders...
...application process is competitive, withtwo rounds of interviews and a waiting list forstaffers. Current staff members do not need toreapply. Interviews are serious. Two staff membersinteract with applicants in role-playingsituations and interviews. Feedback follows therole-play...
...written things in private before, but this was my first serious attempt, one with money on the line...
...have not seen the MECT. It may have serious flaws. But the story sounds oddly familiar, and I can't help but feel it may be a similar situation...
THREE ENORMOUS BOUNCERS stand in a phalanx at the top of the stairs. I observe as, one by one, they verify the ages of each and every patron. They bend. They scratch. They optically dissect. I conclude that I'm in for some serious trouble. I consider aborting my mission, but I've come too far. Besides, I've already ascended halfway to the second floor, and below me, the narrow well is packed with eager customers. I'm trapped, caught on an escalator whose final destination is a holding cell at the Cambridge...