Robert Tappan Morris

Computer Scientist; Creator of Morris Worm; Associate Professor At Mit

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Born Nov 8, 1965

Age 47

Nationality American

Robert Tappan Morris, is an American computer scientist, best known for creating the Morris Worm in 1988, considered the first computer worm on the Internet - and subsequently becoming the first person convicted under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.… Read More

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Age 47

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Should Rutgers Fire Abusive Coach?
Huffington Post Sports - Apr 02, 2013

NEWARK, N.J. — Rutgers said it would reconsider its decision to retain basketball coach Mike Rice after a videotape aired showing him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using gay slurs. The videotape, broadcast Tuesday on ESPN, prompted scores of outraged social media comments as well as sharp criticism from Gov. Chris Christie and NBA star LeBron James. The head of the New Jersey Assembly called for Rice to be fired. Athletic director Tim P...
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Expect The Unexpected In Ncaa Tournament
Huffington Post - Mar 18, 2013

-- Good luck filling out those brackets. The No. 1 seeds are set for the NCAA tournament, but very little has gone as expected in this college basketball season. No reason for things to change now. Louisville received the top overall seed Sunday after romping through the Big East tournament, while Kansas, Indiana and Gonzaga claimed the other No. 1 spots. Yet, considering all the upsets that have prevented anyone from establishing themselves as a clear-cut favorite, th...
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Jane Harris: Materializing Six Years: Lucy R. Lippard And The Emergence Of Conceptual Art
Huffington Post - Feb 15, 2013

Almost willing the project into the annals of marginalia out of which it came (the title alone seems an exercise in refusal), writer-curator Lucy R. Lippard never expected anyone to really read Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object From 1966 to 1972, a cross-reference book of information on some esthetic boundaries: consisting of a bibliography into which are inserted a fragmented text, art works, documents, interviews and symposia, arranged chronologically and focused ...
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Steve Fraser: The Politics Of Debt In America
The Huffington Post - Jan 29, 2013

From Debtor’s Prison to Debtor Nation Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com [This essay will appear in the next issue of Jacobin. It is posted at TomDispatch.com with the kind permission of that magazine.] Shakespeare’s Polonius offered this classic advice to his son: “neither a borrower nor a lender be.” Many of our nation’s Founding Fathers emphatically saw it otherwise. They often lived by the maxim: always a borrower, never a lender be. As tobacco and rice planters, slav...
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CHILDHOOD

1965 Birth Born on November 8, 1965.

TWENTIES

1990 24 Years Old Robert Morris was convicted of violating United States Code: Title 18, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. and in December, 1990, was sentenced to three years of probation, 400 hours of community service, a fine of $10,050, and the costs of his supervision. … Read More

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