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...purpose of the Project is the development of "on-line" computer capabilities for social science. Under the old "batch processing" method, the user would have to wait several hours or days for results from a computer. But "on-line" (or "interactive" or "time-sharing") computing means that many users can almost simultaneously obtain immediate results. To the social scientist, on-line computing enables formulation of each question based on the computer's answer to the previous question. The advantages of such a method for military decision-makers especially in a crisis situation, are evident. Researchers working under the Project...
...neighborhood association should be able to assemble information to support its arguments about a new highway," the Project's first Annual Report argues in good liberal fashion. To lend credibility to its philosophy of pure research with results open to all users--regardless of political beliefs--the Project is investigating how to make it easier for the non-expert to use a computer. If the non-user could learn in a few minutes enough to use a computer for typical basic problems, the monopoly on technical know-how by a small minority of experts would given way to a broad...
...regulation of the legitimate drug industry. Its purpose is to prevent medically useless or dangerous drugs from reaching the public through the legitimate drug market. The second set of classifications categorizes drugs for penalty purposes according to their potential for abuse and the degree of harm to the individual user...
...universities will share the usage and the coasts of the computer center equally. Each institution will provide for its own user services through its own center...
...study has shown that the central facility can be run for $1.3 million with additional amounts of about $1 million for user services. The previous budget for each separate center was $1.7 million...