Monday, Jul. 02, 2001
TIME.com
COVER INTERACTIVE Are You Vulnerable?
O.K., you've read this week's cover story on Internet security, but how do you know you're not the next victim? Take Time.com's interactive quiz to find out how to protect yourself. Question 1: Is your password your mother's maiden name, your birthdate or the last four digits of your SSN? If so, watch out! www.time.com/idtheft
Tips for Summer Flicks
Sure, we know the dotcom bubble burst, but Hollywood studios are spending megabucks marketing elaborate tie-in websites. We rate the sites for you--and by the way, when we asked the official A.I. site's "chatbot" whether it liked the movie, the chatbot replied, "No, I didn't." Paging reprogramming.
--Plus, check out our list of the Top 10 summer movies of all time, and vote for your fave. www.time.com/summermovies
So Long, Archie
Read TIME TV critic Jim Poniewozick on one of television's indelible icons: "As O'Connor played him, Archie Bunker was perpetually and evocatively tired: tired from his job, tired from dealing with the new world of strangers that moved into his Queens neighborhood... He put the lump in lumpenproletariat... He was a Reagan Democrat years before anyone knew they existed... Archie was an Astoria King Lear." www.time.com/oconnor
DEPARTMENTS
TIME.COM'S PERSON OF WEEK The irreplaceable Cal Ripken Jr., last vestige of an era when ballplayers were synonymous with one city. In our accompanying on-line poll, 62% of users said the Iron Man retired at just "the right time."
HE PAID HIS DUES Christopher John Farley's farewell to Blues master John Lee Hooker: "Like the sea, like the sky, like a pair of Levi's, like that Miles Davis song, Hooker was all Blues."
SPELLING BEE Timothy McVeigh topped Web searches the other week, but not everyone knew how to spell his name. Here are the top five misspelled versions of his name:
1. Timothy McViegh 2. Timothy McVey 3. Timothy McVay 4. Timothy McVae 5. Timonthy McVeigh
SOURCE: LYCOS
WEBLORE The Vatican may broadcast Mass on TV, but don't expect online confessionals any time soon. The Vatican last week nixed all hope of digital forgiveness, saying the sacrament has to be up close and personal.