Word: computerizes
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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EXCEPT for the very rich, physical privacy is rapidly becoming an almost unobtainable luxury. In today's crowded cities, the paper-thin walls of offices and apartments expose not only the quarrels of modern man but even his yawns. He is observed by hidden cameras when he shops. This...
With over half of Harvard's current $4 million computer budget paid for by the federal government, fluctuations in federal research spending could severally affect the Computing Center's budget. Under current accounting procedures, "the University is taking all the risk," Leahy said.
In future negotiations with federal auditors, Harvard will urge the government to pay for a fixed percentage of any one computer's costs in exchange for a fixed percentage of the computer's capacity. Under this forward contracting scheme, the government's share would be based on the computer's...
Paying for a percentage of a computer's capacity, as opposed to paying an hourly rate for processing a specific job, would encourage any one customer to use as much of his quota as possible. Since a computer's expenses are relatively fixed no matter how much use is made...
However, the Bureau of the Budget has insisted in the past that government-sponsored projects be charged no more for a computer service than any other user.