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Apparently not. As Kasparov suspected, his duel with Deep Blue indeed became an icon in musings on the meaning and dignity of human life. While the world monitored his narrow escape from a historic defeat--and at the same time marked the 50th birthday of the first real computer, ENIAC--he seemed to personify some kind of identity crisis that computers have induced in our species...
...defeat of the indecency provision will not stop attempts, right and left, to regulate speech deemed anti-social. Freedom of speech, like the freedom to vote for whomever you choose, even a long-term incumbent, seems burden-some to many people. The campaign for government regulation of the media is a lot like the campaign for term limits: Both are driven by people who don't trust themselves to exercise their rights correctly. They want the government to save them from voting for incumbents or watching nasty videos or monitoring what their children watch. Communitarianism and right-wing proselytizers...
...Crimson generally competes well against west coast teams in its annual season opener in San Diego, and this year should be no exception. Harvard will be aiming to defeat its most serious competition, Washington University, instead...
...that the Crimson, a team without water access during the fall season, manages to defeat the west coast water babies? Sheer guts on a one-track ergometer and a "master motivator" for a coach, observers said...
...Alliance, a packed room of over 60 students and community members attended a slide-show on the endangered redrock canyon country of Southern Utah given by Mr. Harvey Halpern of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. Letter writing campaigns have generated more than 450 letters and will continue until we defeat this bill. Students can make their voices heard by writing or calling their congressional representatives at (202) 224-3121, voicing opposition to H.R. 1745 and S.884, and supporting H.R. 1500. Given that Congress doesn't expect many people other than Utahns to be concerned, a single call can yield surprising...