Parents all across the nation are packing up their SUV's or other over-sized cars with mini-refrigerators, bed linens and risers, bulletin boards, computers, printers, desk lamps, stationery, cleaning supplies, snacks and general dorm room décor and driving their sons and daughters to the campuses of their choice or at least their second or third choice.
Scott Fahlman, a research professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, was linked to an electronic university bulletin board where computer enthusiasts posted opinions on matters as divisive as abortion and mundane as campus parking.
Office supply and computer stores have bulletin boards listing computers, printers and other electronic equipment that offer rebates.
During our walk-through, Mr. Atkins took an RFID-equipped refrigerator magnet printed with a bakery's logo out of a drawer and touched it to the "connected bulletin board," a large computer screen in the wall.
He knows there are 6,000 organic rose gardeners out there because he also started an organic gardening bulletin board for home computer users (The Organic Gardening Bulletin Board; call (310) 457-4268 to log on, or (800) 354-9296 for more information).
Financial details of the operation came to light recently after information posted by a computer hacker identifying himself as NeoN was discovered on a Russian electronic bulletin board by an American computer security researcher.
One student defended the professor with an anonymous post on the campus's computer bulletin board.
Through the mid-1990'searchersers could look through limited patent archives by dialing a computer bulletin board service.
Photos of the jet in flight also appeared on a computer bulletin board run by Global Times, a state-run newspaper known for its hawkish positions.
The bulletin board there has a computer printout covered with such nutrient data as the vitamins and minerals in a variety of foods.
