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...extra cable subscriber. How much more is the umpty-billion-dollar question, because that new customer can be marketed to, advertised to, sold to, and may even be the impetus for a whole new form of commerce that will make the network more valuable still. "The growth is incredibly viral," says Wetherell, using one of his favorite words. "Online companies tend to grow along Metcalfe's Law. We have companies growing at a rate of 1% a day. The Internet is growing at a rate of 3% a day. If you can't make money in this business, then...
Last Sunday, the computer virus Chernobyl disabled the hard drives of computers across the Campus, preventing access to everything from theses to lowly expos papers. Those who lacked sufficient protection in the form of anti-viral programs had to suffer both the loss of countless hours as they attempted to restore their papers and the supercilious comments of their peers. The number of students who do, indeed, back up every assignment they have on a disk is quite small. Harvard students prize efficiency, and so due to the rarity of complete computer failure, not many expend the effort required...
...about sexual health issues on campus, the dangers of sexually transmitted infections cannot be underestimated. According to the US Public Health Service, over 33,000 Americans become infected with an STI each day. At least one in four Americans will contract an STI some time in their lives. Some viral STIs including genital herpes and genital warts can be transmitted via skin-to-skin contact, and are incurable. In up to 75 percent of individuals infected with chlamydia (the most common STI on college campuses), gonorrhea, and/or other bacterial infection, symptoms never appear. However, if left untreated, these infection often...
THERE IS A SEASON Danish researchers report a curious new clue to the origin of schizophrenia: kids born during late winter or in urban areas appear to be at a greater risk. What's the link? Viral infections in mothers--more likely in colder months and in densely populated areas--may have an impact on the developing fetal brain...
...accomplished all this despite only receiving clearance to play Friday morning after missing practice all week with a nasty viral infection the team initially feared was mononucleosis...