Word: fakeness
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...systems for new ones. "It would be considerably easier if I were allowed to start from the ground, build a secure system and deploy," said Aucsmith. Until that happens, the data we entrust to companies might be guarded by the cyberequivalent of a dozing senior citizen with a fake cop badge...
...many Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade float rides through Herald Square with unfashionable earmuffs, chapped lips, fake smile, beauty-pageant wave and a runny nose from the cold is enough to permanently ruin a pop diva’s persona—as I have known no diva to benefit from lip-synching in sub zero Manhattan temperatures while accompanied by nerdy high school band and dance team. Nevertheless, stars seem undeterred by the volatility of the holiday consumer base as they continue to market themselves better than most toys on shelves (unless of courses they are promoting...
...inspiration in his country's rich social history. In True History of the Kelly Gang, he chronicled the exploits of the bushranger Ned Kelly. In Jack Maggs, he penned a brilliant fantasia about an Aussie convict crossing paths with Charles Dickens. Carey's new novel, My Life as a Fake, is an absorbing, mind-bending tale incorporating another odd corner of Australian history: one of the nation's most bizarre literary scandals, the Ern Malley hoax...
...setting in Kuala Lumpur before the gleaming malls and the luxury hotels were built gives My Life as a Fake a pungent, sweaty reality that enlivens most of its pages. But when the action quits Malaysia, Carey wanders into fairyland, as in an inaccurate reference to "religious police" in Bali arresting people on the streets during Ramadan?apparently a confusion of the Muslim fasting month with the Balinese Hindu feast of Nyepi, a single day of sequestration and introspection. Although observance of Nyepi is enforced by temple authorities, Indonesia, unlike Malaysia, does not have religious police. Yet none of these...
...want to swagger or saunter around a bit more—and we’re grateful for a safe community in which to do this. But Drag Night doesn’t always foster the kind of freedom and diversity it purports to. Prince Charming may get some fake boobs to be beautiful for a few hours, but by the stroke of midnight, his stubble returns and he changes back into a man, his masculinity intact. So the question is, does Drag Night really allow us to play around with such entrenched categories as male and female...