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...atmosphere at the electronic entertainment Expo (E3) was muted this year--literally. Organizers at the hottest convention in the hard-core video gamer's calendar set noise limits and put decibel meters on its vendors, whose celeb-studded shows and my-game's-louder-than-yours posturing have split a few eardrums in years past...
Money, after all, makes the kind of noise you can't keep in check with decibel meters...
...diversity, from Juvenile, to Metallica, to Destiny's Child and a premiere of Kid Rock's fantastic new song "Only God Knows Why."But this is the era of Nick Carter, of course, so the Backstreet Boys hold the number one and the shrieking girls up the decibel level one last time. The show wraps, we wave goodbye to Megan and Kelly, the woman at the coat check compliments my sweater, we are ushered out into Gigi's place, and we head past security guards 1,2,3 into the fresh, and rather uncool, New York...
...earth sciences lie virtual volleyball, the "Musical Steps," a chicken hatchery, a light-up "Transparent Woman" and the world's largest Van de Graaf generator, which shoots 15-foot bolts of lightening. They've also got the Mugar Omni Theater, with dome-shaped surround-screen and 84 high-decibel speakers that you might experience the sinking of the Titanic or scaling of Mt. Everest. Museum: Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. $8. 723-2500. The Omni: 523-6664 for advance tickets, $7.50 each. T-stop: Science Station...
...reward for being a suck-up. Ballmer operates at a decibel level bordering on OSHA's mandatory ear-protection threshold, a one-man surround-sound. He and Gates, who became fast friends in 1973 during their freshman year at Harvard, have always enjoyed what they refer to as a "high bandwidth" relationship; it means they can scream at each other but are still able to listen and respond. "We fairly well anticipate what the other guy is thinking, and can finish each other's sentences," says Ballmer of his 25-year relationship with Gates. "That doesn't mean we always...