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...famous warning: "You have zero privacy [on the Internet] anyway. Get over it." Privacy advocates resisted that pessimistic assessment at the time. But since then, hardly a week goes by without a news story suggesting McNealy was on to something. Russian hackers breaking into e-commerce sites to steal credit-card numbers. Rings of Nigerian identity thieves. Cyberstalkers...
...board expects the Fed to resume its anti-inflation stance as the economy recovers and raise interest rates in 2002. According to Berner and Shepherdson, the central bank may do that as soon as next spring. While higher rates would raise the cost of mortgages, car loans and credit-card debt, they would also signal to Americans that the sharpest slowdown in a decade is behind them. It may be safe to feel more exuberant again...
...year of testing, burger titan McDonald's will roll out a new cashless payment system in 400 Chicago-area stores. Wave your McDonald's Speedpass over a special reader--based on the same technology that powers highway tollbooth passes--and your tab will be automatically added to your credit-card bill. Now if only Ronald had a fat-free French fry system...
...nuns in Snowdon's study appear to have lived relatively stress-free lives--no mortgages, doctors' bills, credit-card payments or children to worry about. I am curious to learn how stress will affect us aging baby boomers. Many of us have characteristics of the nuns that were mentioned in the article, such as higher education, intellectual endeavors and good nutrition. But no generation can escape negativity, and keeping a positive outlook is very difficult at times. The concerns of two jobs per household, escalating prices and other pressures of day-to-day living--it would be interesting to know...
...Chatpen, you could check a box on an advertisement printed on digital paper (in your local newspaper or in this magazine) and alert the advertiser that you want more information. Or imagine catalogs printed on digital paper: just check off the items you want and write down your credit-card number or whatever future payment system takes hold - no need to make a call or go to a website. Your local supermarket could send you lists of everything it has in stock, and you mark what you need and write down the quantities and your address for home delivery...