Word: users
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Hacker has been avoiding the libraries and Science Center in order to bring you, the home reader, information about ResEdit a handy utility program for the Macintosh that lets you play some neat tricks on your computer. The program is in the public domain and is available from most user groups or direct from Apple for a nominal...
With ResEdit, the hacker or casual user can modify any program's resource files. Thus you can even edit the system file. Modifying the system file can help break the monotony of boring icons and messages. For example, the annoying little watch that always shows up on the screen to remind the user how slow that little Macintosh really is can be changed to the infinity sign, an hourglass or even a tasteful obscenity...
Part of his strategy is to make Guanacaste what he calls "user friendly," accessible to local people, researchers, school groups and tourists. He makes a point of instructing visitors in natural history. As a result, he says, "people are no more likely to damage the forest than they are to steal gold candlesticks from the local church." Four ex-farmers have become park guards and are responsible for stopping hunters and preventing or controlling grass fires. Janzen permits the farmers to live in the park and use a portion of the land to raise crops and a few cattle. Limited...
...game up for a safe, lucrative job in advertising and marriage to a wholesome, dependable woman. To do so, however, he must abandon the newsman's one true romantic attachment: to the other boys in the pressroom. Seducing Hildy back is his editor Walter Burns (John Lithgow), a consummate user who plays to the reporter's vanity and yearning for power. The 6-ft. 4-in. Lithgow resembles a giant python, fixing victims with his stare, crushing them in his embrace. Johnson repeatedly flares into compassion. But he yields to Burns' blandishments every time, and something goes dead...
Although software is a terrific present, most software is expensive (at least $100) and should only be given to people who have expressed a specific need. Computer users tend to prefer one software package over another, and it's best to ask before buying. While it is possible to buy someone any brand of surge suppressor, the Happy Hacker does not recommend giving just any spelling checker or database program without first checking on the user's needs and preferences...