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...ranger guy, however, soon proved to be a messenger of doom as he handed us a little brochure about Deer Ticks and erosion. "Also," said the Ranger, "We close the parking lot at sundown. And lock the gates." The ante had been upped, but we had more than two bucks riding on this one: SB `94 hung in the balance. "No way, Ranger," we thought to ourselves, "Your negative energy hasn't phased us. Let's hit the Dunes...

Author: By Nicholas Q. Kurzon, | Title: SB '94: Beach or Bust | 4/7/1994 | See Source »

...This campus is no different from any other,"says Thomas R. Raich, a newly hired HASCSprogrammer. "Passwords are just a lock on a door.And I bet you have students on this campus makingtheir own keys...

Author: By Andrew L. Wright, | Title: Fake E-Mail, Other Abuses Plague 'Net | 4/6/1994 | See Source »

...launching of Teledesic left some critics wondering whether it is just another example of Gates' flexing Microsoft's muscle to lock out the competition, in this case by moving to control as large a share as possible of the limited supply of satellite slots when the FCC auctions them later this year. Those slots will only grow in value as the information highway is built. Certainly Gates is hedging his bets. Microsoft is working on development of the magic-box system. Its co-venture with Mtel will position it in new delivery technologies. Up until now, most people had assumed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Bill Gates Getting Too Powerful? | 4/4/1994 | See Source »

...done-ing' me. But I knew I had missed the shot. I made the mistake of running for cover instead of turning around, coldly analyzing the situation and shooting a great execution picture . . . Why didn't we help them? I personally appealed to a policeman, 'Take your prisoners and lock them up.' But some ((other)) poor policeman had just discovered one of the bodies that the ((neo-Nazis)) shot, a civilian. He was angry and just said, 'F--- it,' and shot them . . . Inside, a voice is screaming 'My God!' But it is time to work. Deal with the rest later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pictures at an Execution | 3/28/1994 | See Source »

...controversial sentencing bill known as "three strikes, you're out" was signed into law by California Governor Pete Wilson. Enacted in the wake of a national furor over the kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Polly Klaas, allegedly by a parolee, the measure would lock up third-time violent felons for life without parole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week March 6-12 | 3/21/1994 | See Source »

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