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Finally, in the Microsoft Conspiracy Department, a number of programs did not work--from Microsoft's competitors. My AOL connection refused to recognize my cable modem and tried to connect via the phone, something Microsoft says AOL will "fix" in its forthcoming 7.0 release. Liquid Audio, a popular music player, had the dubious distinction of causing my machine to gag. And Java programs now require you to find, download and install a special piece of software. Oh, well. Life's not perfect under a monopoly. Better get used...
Cuba's leadership has warmed to hip-hop in recent months. While the music still gets more lip service than actual support, Minister of Culture Abel Prieto recently funneled $32,000 worth of audio equipment to rappers through the Young Communists Union's cultural arm, Hermanos Saiz. "In the past, we made some mistakes and had prejudices, like against rock 'n' roll," Prieto says. "Not anymore...
...answer to that plaint, put down the bat and turn to the computer. Internet radio offers continuous treams of music, and other kinds of sound, to any consumer who can log on and download audio files. The software that makes this possible comes in the form of programs like RealPlayer that are available for free online. Users can listen to streams, called stations, created by others, or they can create their own streams. And the streams can run while the computer does other things...
...hijacking. A pilot from another plane asked ATC, "What company?", meaning what airline was involved. "Standby" came the response from ATC. Then a few seconds of suspense - and fear. United is the only airline in the U.S. that pipes the cockpit's radio transmissions through to its inflight audio system via channel nine. The flight attendants on the United plane called through the inflight phone into the cockpit to tell the pilot that a passenger had been listening on channel 9 and wanted to know what was going...
...Clifford." I went downstairs and found the remote, figuring Caroline had hit Mute. That didn't work, and I surfed a few stations. Four (NBC) showed a test pattern as did Three (ABC). Obviously a cable problem. By the time I passed 13 again, video as well as audio was gone. I found kids' programming on 21 out of New Jersey, and went up to finish my work, never suspecting that transmitters atop the Trade Center had been knocked out, along with human life, by the terrorists...