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...computer systems or by engaging in protracted computer combat. In their wars, they try to block each other's access to programs or destroy those of their rivals. Recently a hacker created a program known informally as Lose Big; it looks like a game but actually is a trap that destroys the files of whoever runs the program. "Nerds," which is what hackers call computer dilettantes, are the chief victims of Lose Big. "You see a guy at the terminal," says Veteran Hacker Rudy Nedved, 23, "and suddenly he gets this 'Oops, what happened?' look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Pittsburgh, Hacking the Night Away | 5/9/1983 | See Source »

...Council has made strides in awareness, but it must not fall into the trap of thinking it has resolved the issue totally and, with a policy safely on the books, can lapse back into former unconcern. With that policy in place, it is time to move ahead on the more delicate matter of implementation. Primary among these are simplifying the complaint structures so women need not take an embarrassing personal problem through an elaborate bureaucracy and lifting the veil of secrecy that till now has cloaked the problem in an unnecessary ominousness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Half a Reform | 5/3/1983 | See Source »

...been fixtures for years, and in the context of such nuclear madness dramas as the Nucleo Eclettico's The Physicists and TheaterWorks own Murder Now? it is a formidable task for any theatrical organization to attempt to add anything new to the debate, too easy to fall into the trap of familiar cliche, or to sensationalize what is by very nature sensational material...

Author: By Kathleen I. Kouril, | Title: Too Many Cooks | 5/2/1983 | See Source »

...central problem in arriving at an answer is how to measure intelligence. Homo sapiens has a hard time devising IQ tests for its own species, much less trying to assess the brains of others. One trap: interpreting animal behavior in human terms. Notes Theodore Reed, former director of the National Zoo: "The public perception of animal intelligence abounds with anthropomorphic fantasies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Birds May Do It, Bees May Do It | 5/2/1983 | See Source »

...crowds that had turned out for the dedication ceremonies. While stroking firmly from the back court, he also made some quick moves to the net that surprised the frustrated Hare While Grossman wasn't particularly showy with his shoots, he made few mistakes, and forced Hare to fall into trap after trap, hitting the ball away from where Hare seemed to expect it Grossman went aggressively to net when the Bruin was unprepared, and, seeming a bit flustered. Hare often hit the ball low in to the net Grossman was playing the kind of game that few would want...

Author: By Carla D. Williams, | Title: Crimson Netmen Brutalize Bruins, 7-2 On Newly Dedicated Beren Courts | 4/25/1983 | See Source »

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