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Since the microcomputer became relatively affordable, its use in basic word and data processing has remained a constant function. People wrote papers, created databases and spreadsheets in 1985, and they still do today. If you tried to hand in a written paper now, your teacher would probably slap you first, then laugh...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, | Title: TechTalk | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

With under five minutes left in the period, Granato--younger brother of the NHL's Tony and women's Olympian Cammi--utilized his quick first stride and broke by the Harvard defense at center ice. Harvard goaltender J.R. Prestifilippo knocked away Granato's first attempt, but a second slap at the puck sent both Presto and the puck into the back...

Author: By Rebecca A. Blaeser, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Icemen Rally for Third-Place Finish in Wisconsin Holiday Tournament | 1/5/1998 | See Source »

...NANNY: FEDS SLAP FINES IN RED SMUT SCAM...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Techwatch: Dec. 15, 1997 | 12/15/1997 | See Source »

District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson gave Bill Gates a major slap in the face Thursday night, by issuing a temporary order banning Microsoft from bundling Internet Explorer with Windows 95. To soften the blow, Jackson turned down the Justice Department's request that Microsoft be fined $1 million a day for the duration ? but that's nothing compared to the millions Microsoft could lose in the absence of the Explorer browser's competitive edge. A reticent Gates, currently in China, refused to discuss the case ? but insisted the browser wars "will continue ... it's a healthy competition," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spanking Microsoft | 12/12/1997 | See Source »

...Role of Humor in Action Movies. The progression is easy: take your run-of-the-mill put-down, one-liner or joke--preferably old enough to seem fresh now--and slap it into a situation where the only other people in the room are the joke-hearer and someone with acid for blood and a bad case of extraterrestrial colic. Rewording may be necessary. Example: "Who do I have to fuck around here to get off this ship?" or the old-school misogynistic refrain recontextualized "Must be a chick thing." File under sub-heading The Role of the Quotidian, such...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fear of Genetics Meets Cellophane and Custard | 12/5/1997 | See Source »

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