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Some people find finger a useful tool; those in the know use it to "talk" friends across campus, to see if someone's read their mail or just to keep tabs on their friends. Some people have what the computer literate refer to as a "stalk script" to let them know when their friends are logged on. That's fine, but the choice to make that information public should be the student's and not the University's. To protect the computer illiterate (an endangered, Luddite few), incoming first-year accounts should all be set inaccessible unless explicitly changed...

Author: By Simon J. Dedeo, | Title: A Plea for Privacy | 1/11/1999 | See Source »

...levels of government; the threshold of evidence requiring the Attorney General to call for an independent counsel is far too low; there is little accountability for the lawyers heading the probes until the very end, after they've had vast resources and all the time in the world to stalk their quarry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Was This A Bad Idea? | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

...world of Dena Nordstrom, a glamorous TV newswoman, people come in two varieties: corn pone and ruthless shark. The former populate the safe, static Missouri town of Dena's early youth, and the latter stalk the corridors of Manhattan, where career-obsessed Dena collapses from stress. She's forced finally to confront the hole at the middle of her existence: the unexplained disappearance of her mother when Dena was just 15. As the narrative shifts in time and place to unravel the mystery, the action is as shamelessly unsubtle as the characters are cliched. That said, this third novel from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! By Fannie Flagg | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...player itself, at 20X, is fast enough to run most software. I was able to stalk deer in the hills of Pennsylvania playing Deer Hunter II, though installing the game and loading it seemed to take forever compared to how long my 30X desktop machine needed. The 13.1-in. screen was certainly a pleasure to look at, but the big-screen contributed to a package that weighed in at a sumo-like 7.7 lbs. That's way too heavy for a wimp like me to lug around every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Volks NoteBooks | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...enjoy working on your high school newspaper? Well, you might consider re-living your glory days at the Harvard Independent, the campus' weekly newspaper. Last but not least, The Harvard Crimson deserves your consideration as an extracurricular option. Help us stalk campus celebrities and attack the defenseless. All you need is a word processor and a healthy dose of ill will...

Author: By Noah Oppenheim, | Title: Picking Your Poison | 9/8/1998 | See Source »

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