Word: tapped
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...Yale defense was so transparent that I figured Yale Coach Rudy Meredith would potentially tap a deadly resource on the field that day - the 12-year old kids from the Boston area who had turned out for the fourth annual Youth Soccer Day. Maybe next year's recruiting class will contain these pint-sized powerhouses. I have a feeling that test scores and a lack of a high school diploma won't be a problem...
...data for your PC to analyze. The calculations are performed whenever your computer is idle; the next time you log on, the results are beamed back to the server, where they are combined with those sent in by other PCs. Like any other screensaver, the system is utterly unobtrusive. Tap a key, touch a mouse, and it immediately shuts down...
...dangerous. In addition to full wiretaps, which require a court finding of probable cause that a serious felony has been committed, U.S. law allows for a limited wiretap in which the phone company provides the government with the target's phone records. This limited tap must be granted whenever it would be "relevant to an ongoing criminal investigation"--essentially, whenever the government wants...
Worse, the government has no legal obligation to inform targets of a limited tap that they were watched until a case is brought to trial. Because the Carnivore system doesn't receive an IP address, Internet users can't detect if it were installed or whether they were targets. There are no checks or balances here: If the Carnivore system were violating legal limits and monitoring our activities, no one outside the FBI would know...
...series. Angry and desperate, Pierre proposes a minstrel show--a format "so negative, so offensive and racist" that it will prove his point about the lack of ethical or aesthetic standards on TV. Aided by his skeptical, ambitious assistant (Jada Pinkett Smith), he hires as his stars a homeless tap dancer (Savion Glover) and his pal (Tommy Davidson). Renamed Mantan and Sleep 'n Eat, they are given a supporting cast of Topsy, Rastus, Sambo and Aunt Jemima--enough reminders of racism to spur protests from an enraged citizenry. Guess what? The show is a smash. Audience members show...