Word: unplug
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first rule of computer security is that there isn't any. The only way to keep a computer safe is to unplug the phone line, unplug the network connection, never use diskettes and to prohibit anyone from using it. A windowless room and a handful of deadbolt locks comes in handy...
...officials at the New York Stock Exchange; trading technology is advancing so rapidly that the Big Board could be bypassed by such new high-tech systems as the Arizona Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ and now Globex. The N.Y.S.E. petitioned the Securities and Exchange Commission to slow down, if not unplug, some of the networks. Says William Donaldson, chairman of the N.Y.S.E.: "To our competitors, we're the big monster; and it's fun to zap the monster...
...since Primo Carnera retired. It's a sham and a shuck, lacking the je ne sais quoi of monster-truck racing and the visual appeal of a carton of eggs falling off the kitchen counter. Nobody cares except a couple dozen middle-aged sports editors. If those guys would unplug the publicity tubes...
...Electric blankets. They lie right on top of the body for hours at a time. It's a good idea to warm the bed and then unplug the blanket before going to sleep -- or better still, get a quilt instead...
SPEAK SOFTLY, AND UNPLUG YOUR LAPTOP. George Bush's peripatetic presidency is beginning to exhaust those who are supposed to cover his every move. The White House travel office notes a sharp decline in the number of reporters who automatically accompany Bush on his constant domestic tripping -- to speak at Republican fund raisers, plant trees and inspect natural disasters. For those who still follow the President wherever he may go, Los Angeles Times correspondent David Lauter has invented "The Poppy," an award bearing Bush's childhood nickname. It will eventually be bestowed upon the reporter who maintains the lowest ratio...