lauren@LBL-CSAM@vortex.UUCP (08/31/83)
From: Lauren Weinstein <vortex!lauren@LBL-CSAM> C'mon, let's be fair about this! The New York Times article wasn't specifically interested in "Wargames". What they were after were some facts regarding the recent highly publicized computer penetrations. Their call to me was for some serious discussion of computer security, not about SF-L (thank goodness). It was interesting to observe how my statements were "summarized" in a three line "quote". Let's just say that the quote was not completely accurate in several respects, but I suppose it could have been worse (and, after all, they *did* spell my name right). I was impressed with the speed with which the NYT operates on relatively "non-critical" stories. The reporter called me at about 1330 PDT last Friday afternoon. The story actually moved on the national New York Times newswire around 2200 PDT that evening, I believe. Not bad -- rivals the digests! --Lauren--