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...seek illusions, especially in the tech world. Everything in this new Utopia is a lot more fragile than it seems on the surface, as any ex-dotcommer will tell you. But that's what happens when you construct an environment for analog-minded humans made entirely of ones and zeros. Take all those MP3s you downloaded or ripped from your CDs, for example. You think you're hearing the music as it was originally intended? You're not. MP3s are built on something called psycho-acoustic algorithms. These little beauties save a ton of file space by making your brain...
...make matters worse, as the crack epidemic began in the 1980s, harried cops had no time to construct elaborate criminal profiles. Simple ones would suffice. In 1983 the Illinois state police began targeting cocaine couriers in and around Chicago. Going after low-level couriers is a shockingly inefficient way to fight drugs, but coke was spreading around the city quickly, and politicians demanded action. Most of the couriers the state police initially caught were young Hispanic men who, when questioned during traffic stops, didn't have a good answer about where they were going...
...gave was to a group of middle-aged Latin American professionals who didn’t exactly speak English and didn’t exactly understand that here in North America, we don’t get touchy-feely with the girl pointing out the historic bricks used to construct Johnston Gate...even if she is looking for love in all the wrong places. Three posed pictures in front of John Harvard statue and a phat $15 tip later, I resolved to tone the smile down from yes-I-am-flirting-with-you to I’d-be-glad...
...They have a history of dishonesty,” says Riverside resident Cob Carlson, citing Harvard’s purchase of residential leases in the early 1970’s so that they could construct Peabody Terrace and Mather House as examples of the first strains in relations between Harvard and the Riverside community. “Their lip service is that ‘we care...
Cause and Commitment. Well, I suppose nuclear-missile defense qualifies as a cause. President W. and Secretary of Missile Defense Rumsfeld explain that we ought to cough up $100 billion to construct a Slomin's Shield to protect us from rogue nations like Iraq, Iran and North Korea, in case they go ballistic (those rogues!). Since normal deterrence has worked for 50 years, goes the reasoning, let's scrap...