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...here's the rub: it takes every ounce of restraint not to break the speed limit in this bull, yet the sound of the engine behind you is so overwhelming you may not notice the state trooper until he's on your tail. Your only hope: that he's content to hover and snap pictures with his cell-phone camera with the rest of the traffic...
...database on more than 100,000 hours of programming. "We track even those minor swears," says Looney's supervisor, Melissa Caldwell, "because it's a way of tracking trends." The ETS, in the words of PTC executive director Tim Winter, logs "every incident of sexual content, violence, profanity, disrespect for authority and other negative content." The ETS analysts don't monitor premium channels, which is just as well, because an episode of Deadwood would presumably crash the system. The ETS is thoroughly indexed by theme--"Threesome," "Masturbation," "Obscene Gesture." With it, the group can detect patterns of sleaze and curses...
Perry’s film is very aware of its location at the margins of popular culture, and its form and content reflect its “outsideness.” Perhaps future critics will venture beyond themselves and engage the film in its indigenous context...
...matter the context, however, and these are particularly context-heavy, whether or not someone will read these collections comes down to the content of the story. And on that front, the verdict is definitively…mixed...
AOL’s new terms, affecting anyone who downloaded AIM after Feb. 4, 2004 as well as anyone planning to update the program in the future, explain that, “by posting content on an AIM Product, you grant AOL, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, assigns, agents and licensees the irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide right to reproduce, display, perform, distribute, adapt and promote this content in any medium. You waive any right to privacy.” Frightening words, indeed...