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Is the thrill gone?

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Computer science is nothing less than a new way of thinking; explaining it to the wider world is critical to the future of the field.

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        cover image Communications of the ACM
        Communications of the ACM  Volume 48, Issue 8
        Spyware
        August 2005
        124 pages
        ISSN:0001-0782
        EISSN:1557-7317
        DOI:10.1145/1076211
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