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...last week, his pursuer, Stoll, described how the young hacker used the Lawrence Lab computer as a gateway to Internet, a U.S. Government-owned network that connects some 20,000 computers handling scientific research and unclassified military work. While Speer used fairly standard techniques for cracking passwords, he showed uncommon persistence. He attacked some 450 different computers and gained access to more than 30. Victims ranged from the Navy Coastal Systems Command in Panama City, Fla., to the Buckner Army Base in Okinawa...
...uncommon to spend four out of five potential January study hours pouring over the contents of the course catalogue, picking out an ideal spring schedule. A couple of friends and I worked out a system in which we only take Tuesday and Thursday classes--which grants us guaranteed four-day weekends and one-day "holidays" to break up each work week. All this effort was devoted to a future me who would--theoretically--lounge around campus all April long before final termpapers or last-minute cramming...
...Alan Trammell of the Tigers had a pretty good Opening Day against the Red Sox last week. The Tiger shortstop hit an extra-inning home run to beat Boston. Big homers on Opening Day aren't uncommon, but there has been only one time in history that a team opened its season with back-to-back-to-back homers. Can you name the hitters and their team? (Two points per player and two for the team.) Eight points...
...antithesis of Store 24, CNF probably has more healthy food per unit area than any other place in Cambridge. Bins full of groats and granola fill the middle aisle, and instead of carcinogenic hot dogs, CNF carries Tofu Pups--The Uncommon...
Threatening telephone calls are not uncommon on the university campus, but the seriousness of these threats distinguishes them from previous incidents, Bodenschatz said...