Word: shutdowns
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...club would close its doors to undergraduate members in order to clean up the building for its upcoming anniversary serves as a fitting footnote to a year that has seen the gradual retreat of the final clubs from the center of the Harvard social scene. Though the shutdown of the A.D. is being labeled a "temporary" move by current members and alumni, we hope the announcement, along with changes the other clubs have made this year, will lead to a permanent and positive change to the social atmosphere on campus...
Since last week's release of Windows Two Billion, many people have complained about the exploding computer problem, in which PCs with Windows Two Billion self-destruct upon shutdown...
...have any downtime on the site... We are trying to respond as quickly as we can." On its own announcement board, eBay posted a message saying "The news is not good. We will be down a little longer," later adding that all auctions scheduled to end during the shutdown or for one hour afterwards would be extended for another 24 hours. The company also solicited complaints from customers who felt their auctions were "materially impacted" by the hardware failures. MORE...
...Steve Lopez for putting into words my very sentiments in his piece "Nothing Means Something" [STEVE LOPEZ, April 5]. I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one who thinks a little Y2K shutdown might not be so terrible. When I asked my 16-year-old what he thought of this essay, his reply was, "I wouldn't want to waste my life that way [doing nothing]." Mmmmmm...I think the first night this spring that I walk outside to sit and listen to the frogs croaking in the distance, I'm going to unplug the computer...