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...opened a site on the World Wide Web that makes posting a pseudonymous message as easy as filling out a bank's deposit slip. Simply indicate whom the message is directed to and whom it is supposed to be from, type a message in the space provided, hit a button marked send and off it goes-a message that even god@heaven.org couldn't distinguish from the real thing...
...plus a 15% cut of the take. He says half a dozen countries, including Cuba and Costa Rica, are interested. The plan is to link the offshore computers together to form a "virtual strip" in cyberspace. Don't like the odds offered in Casino Cuba? Click a button, and you're in virtual St. Martin. Eugene is also mocking up theme-oriented casino worlds, such as Space World, Water World and, of course, Sex World, where bettors can go and soak up "specialized atmosphere" while gambling...
...into your home computer, open an Internet browser, access Harvard's World Wide Web site, fill in some personal information on an admissions form and click the 'send' button...
...button refused to respond. I couldn't get my E-mail. When my computer doesn't work, I engage in a few modern rituals. I turn it off, then on again -- the equivalent of throwing a cup of cold water in its face. Or I try starting it while holding down the shift key; that secret handshake tells my computer to load only its most essential programs. Then, I add the one I need, hoping it won't crash my system. I've found that rapping my machine smartly on its side never cures the problem. It does, however, precipitate...
DIED. LES ASPIN, 56, ex-Clinton Defense Secretary; of a stroke; in Washington. Aspin's thoughtful manner made for a difficult fit with the snap-to-it Pentagon, where the former chair of the House Armed Services Committee confronted hot-button issues like gays in the military. When it was revealed that he had turned down requests for more tanks and armored vehicles in Somalia prior to the deaths of 18 American soldiers in a Mogadishu fire fight, Aspin resigned-after less than a year at the helm...