Word: tooled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...What tool do you use to draw...
...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...
...fear was that the program, which Farmer intended to make widely available free of charge, would have the opposite effect. Computer experts were worried that it would get into the hands of computer intruders, who would use it as a burglar's tool kit to break the Internet wide open. The program is so point-and-click simple that it can turn second-rate hackers into efficient computer crackers...
Landin says Cambridge, especially Harvard Square, is not so quick to judge. "People in Cambridge realize that street performance is an invaluable community-building tool." Landin proves his theory on a daily basis: Armed with an acoustic guitar, a repertoire of nearly fivehundred songs and his dog Potato, Flatheadperforms regularly in front of Store 24 to thedelight of his adoring fans. The feeling seems tobe mutual. Landin says, "The audience itself isrewarding. That's what's kept me on thestreet...With street performance, you get to sortof catch people by surprise." Unlike regular musicevents such as symphonies, where the relationshipbetween...
...terms of innovative teaching techniques, Franklin is best known for the "zap labs" that she created for students of Physics 15b and 15c. Students are given large red tool-boxes filled with wires, batteries, clippers and soldering irons and are asked to construct various electronic circuits and devices. The labs are meant to teach students basic electronics through a series of hands-on experiments...