European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes computer tuesday. November 23,1993 Sculley got payout upon Apple exit w Washington a when John Sculley left As chairman of Apple computer inc. In october he was paid very Well according to document filed by the Cupertino, computer maker. Sculley who left Apple Las month to head spec Trum information tech Severance Deal that included Pur Chase of his Home and Lear Jet by documents filed by Apple with the securities and Exchange commission last week the nation s no 2 personal computer maker revealed it inked a Severance agreement in october with Sculley in which it agreed to pay him a Severance of $1 Mil lion in addition to nearly $1.5 Mil lion in salary and bonuses for 1993 give him a one year Consul Tant s Job paying $750,000 buy Sculley s properties in Woodside calif., for a Price equal to the fair Market value buy Sculley s Lear 55 Jet for a undisclosed amount pay the costs of moving soul Lcy s household goods and Auto mobiles from Woodside to his new residence in Greenwich Conn. Apple also agreed to let Sculley exercise his options valued at $2.42 million to buy shares of common Stock awarded under a 198? Long term Stock option plan for top exec Date of the Severance agreement was not Given in the document filed with the Sec known As a preliminary proxy statement first draft of the materials sent shareholders before the company annual meeting on Jan. 26. Sculley left Apple for spectrum a wireless data transmission technology company on oct. 14. That same Day Apple revealed its fourth Quarter profits plunged 97 percent. Apple said net income in the Quarter ended sept. 24 was$2.7 million or 2 cents a share Down from $97.6 million for the same period the previous year. Apple attributed the reduce prof its \ to Industry wide pricing Competition and its own strategy to bring its prices More into Lin with those of ism compatible per Sonal computers made by i m Happy a dictionary of sorts for today s hackers the Baltimore Sun of so you read All that stuff about How internet was the place to be and decided to fire up your Modem and Logon for yourself. But now after weeks of net surfing you be noticed that hackers have a Lingo of their own and i Don t mean c language. So Here Are a few terms you need to be conver Sant with before making the leap from Lurker to net. Personality. Asci american Standard code for information interchange the 128-charac Ter Standard used computers. See also Bandwidth originally a technical term referring to the amount of data per unit time told you it was technical a com Puter or transmission line can handle net ters use it As a general description of net traffic As in that was a real waste of bus bulletin Board service a com Puter system that lets users Post email upload or download files and Chat with other hackers usually for a fee. Bogosity the Quality of being bogus or something which is bogus. As in you think Picard makes a better Sta Fleet com Mander than Kirk such Bogosity c a programming language devel oped at Bell labs for use on unix sys tems it is to is Dos As a Ferrari Testa Rossa is to a Ford escort. C Programmer one who programs in c language a Brainia. Cyberspace term coined by novelist William Gibson to describe the area of interaction Between a virtual reality sys tem and a Hacker s brain. Not currently accessible on the net. Email electronic mail. As opposed to Snail mail which is delivered by the . Postal service. Fax a frequently asked questions list the document most usenet news groups maintain to keep newbies from wasting Bandwidth with stuff everyone else already knows. Flame a hostile response to another user s stupid posting to make such a response. Flame War what you get when one flame begets another. At their worst flame wars have been known to take Over entire newsgroups. Damage what those newsgroup read ers not involved in a flame War end up wading through. Ftp file Transfer protocol that is the system for transferring files across the net. Hence an Ftp site is a net address that contains files for Transfer. G Grin or Giggle. See also if for graphic interchange format. A Type of file allowing one user to upload a scanned image usually a photo soothers May download and View it. Gum an especially skilled and knowledgeable Hacker. Hacker one who Hacks that is an avid user of computers. Refers most generally to any traveler on the net. Not to be confused with Cracker or one who Breaks into systems in order to play pranks. Internet a worldwide network link ing computers belonging to various individual entities. Strictly speaking the in ternet is for University and research purposes its business equivalent is the Alternet. Usenet is the recreational end of the net and is full of specially news groups like , , and . Mho in my Humble opinion. Mho a tvs in my Humble Opin Ion which is very Humble. Inc internet relay Chat. This is the net s party room a forum that Al lows real time conversation with a variety of users. This is probably what Mike doonesbury was logged onto when he was flirting with jew pronounced Jay Peg from joint photographic experts group. A Typ of file allowing one user to upload a scanned image usually a photo so others May download and View it. Kibo Central deity in the parody religion Kib ology created by net prankster James Parry who goes by the user Arhe Kibo. Believed to Stem from acronym of knowledge in Bull line noise electronic transmission interference resulting in garbage charac ters. Lurker a regular newsgroup Reader Sas Suonh Fri who never posts one who experience the net vicariously. Mego my eyes Glaze Over. Net a network. Usually refers to in ternet or usenet. No Tinnette proper behaviour on Tenet. one who posts regularly or extravagantly enough to become famous within a newsgroup or news groups. Newbie one new to the net. As in read the fax newbie newsgroup any usenet topic group usually designated by discussion Type . for computer interest groups for recreational groups Etc. Among the better known news groups Are Alt. Sex , and phone freaking that is using a computer to crack Telephone Long distance codes and the like. Need less to say a highly illegal Pursuit. Rot flow rolling on the floor laughing out loud that is that was very Jig file an elaborate signature usually involving a quote or Asci illustration that is automatically appended to a user s posting. Smileys any face like illustration made with Asci characters used to con vey emotion or satirical intent. For exam ple or Means i m Happy lean your head to the left and it looks like Smiley face while or Means i m use of noses optional. Sting Star trek the next Gener system operator the program Mer in charge of a bulletin a multitasking operating sys tem invented at Bell labs and widely use Don mainframes. Believed by some programmers to be the Only operating system Worth using. Hot items in the cd rom world Microsoft teams up with banking firms Portland Ore. A software giant Microsoft corp. Announced that it has entered the Home banking Field teaming up with three Banks to offer services to com Puter users. It is anticipated on Microsoft s part that we will have More banking partners said Pam Edstrom a spokeswoman for the red mond wash., company. . Ban corp the largest Bank holding company in the Northwest first National Bank of Chicago and Michigan National Bank Are founding members of the Home banking network. By the associated press multimedia pcs a Surprise hit wit Consumers last Holiday season have be come even More popular this year be cause prices have fallen and the number of programs on compact discs sometimes called cd rom have sampling of some of the leading producers of cd rom software and to Virbest known products bronc round software top Selling maker of educational software Broder bund just released the new kid on the Block one of its award winning living books series based on poetry by Jack Prelutsky and the product of a new joint venture Between Broder bund and random House. Another inthe series is the new the Tortoise and the Ware based on the Aesop s Best known product however is the where is Carmen Sandie go series. Searches for Carmen Lead players to explore the United states the world and space. Its print shop and kid fix products allow children and adults to their graphics and artistic creativity. The software too works inc the company s Mario is missing product involves the Nintendo video game character to explore cities around the world use maps and learn geography while on a Rescue Mission. Mario s Early Yean preschool fun and fun with numbers is for a younger crowd. Its ones master 4000 allows play ers to learn directly from Champion play ers and its oceans below focuses on undersea exploration. Sanctuary Woods the company Sells the Oscar wild fairy tale the selfish giant combining a familiar Story line with artwork animation facts and songs. Nouns and adjectives Are defined and there s an interactive colouring Book. Sanctuary Woods recently announced a licensing agreement with Ripley s be Lieve it or not and plans a series of interactive computer programs based on those properties. Compton i new Media Compton s used the compact disc for mat to produce the first interactive encyclopedia which has been imitated widely. Its other popular programs include sleeping Beauty. Jazz. A multimedia history Bible lands. Bible stories. The doctor s Book of Home remedies the Japan business travel guide and Kab Cia world Facebook. Image Smith inc. The company s first product in it yearn 2 learn peanuts series entices younger children As snoopy and Linus help with math Reading drawing and geography
