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...junk called the Huang Hai. The sight of her great red cotton sails, hand-stitched with silk, was too picturesque to refuse. So it was something of a disappointment to discover the sails were pure decoration: diesel engines power the vessel. Other modernizations, however, met with wholehearted approval. Below deck, the Huang Hai is loaded with creature comforts. It has eight twin-bedded cabins with attached bathrooms and hot showers. Inside the pilot's hatch is a consoling array of gadgetry, including a global positioning satellite system. And the galley is a paneled dining hall that seats 16 with...
...information-technology specialist, had turned his BMW off an I-395 exit to the highway just west of the Pentagon when he saw an American Airlines jet swooping in, its wings wobbly, looking like it was going to slam right into the Pentagon: "It was 50 ft. off the deck when he came in. It sounded like the pilot had the throttle completely floored. The plane rolled left and then rolled right. Then he caught an edge of his wing on the ground." There is a helicopter pad right in front of the side of the Pentagon. The wing touched...
...metal column in the center of the room, with a small sign explaining that computers rested inside the column. The exclusion of the viewer from the source of understanding—the computers —was supplemented by a series of 52 poster-sized drawings, representing a deck of tarot cards, suggesting the infinite combinations of understanding that are possible with a shuffled deck. Tyson’s engagement with the concept of understanding managed to be both whimsical and thoughtful, a balance that is increasingly hard to find...
...information-technology specialist, had turned his BMW off an I-395 exit to the highway just west of the Pentagon when he saw an American Airlines jet swooping in, its wings wobbly, looking like it was going to slam right into the Pentagon: "It was 50 ft. off the deck when he came in. It sounded like the pilot had the throttle completely floored. The plane rolled left and then rolled right. Then he caught an edge of his wing on the ground." There is a helicopter pad right in front of the side of the Pentagon. The wing touched...
DOUBLE YOUR PLEASURE VCRs aren't exactly cutting edge these days, but Sonicblue--the company that pioneered the portable MP3 player--has come up with a new twist: commercial-free taping. The GoVideo Dual-Deck VCR ($249) comes with two separate recorders: put a blank tape in one, tape your show, and when it's over the Dual-Deck will make a second recording, this time automatically editing out the ads. Find out more at www.govideo.com...