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...wouldn't matter so much if the whole existence of digital music in the MP3 format weren't at stake. A few months ago MP3 reigned supreme with dozens of MP3 players crowding the market and at least 60 million users downloading from Napster to their heart's content. Now the player market has imploded, Napster is near death's door and (not coincidentally) the music industry is subtly beginning to push a new standard, DVD audio...
...Since we're all getting DVD players with tremendous surround sound capability known as Dolby Digital 5.1, the labels think it's about time they started selling us an entirely new format maximized for this new medium. To paraphrase Tommy Lee Jones in Men In Black: yes, this means you're going to have to buy the White Album again. "The MP3 revolution diverted us for a while," one record producer told me recently. "But things are back on track now. DVD audio is the future, and you won't find it on Napster...
...format of each race ensures non-stop excitement. Teams square off head-to-head by fielding three boats, each consisting of a skipper and crew. One point is awarded to the first place boat, two for the second, and so on down until the sixth boat. The team with the least amount of points wins the race...
...windy Charles seems daunting enough for most, it is considerably tame compared to the venue of next weekend’s New England Dinghy Championships-the Atlantic Ocean. Hosted by the University of Rhode Island, next weekend’s regatta will bring new challenges, a different format, and an open sea setting that can hardly be as cozy as the well-contained Charles Basin...
...letter to universities objecting to the test cited the differences between bubble-in tests and workplace tasks. They also noted that that a high score on the SAT is not the best predictor of future success. Because of the SAT’s long history and its relatively simple format, it is not a difficult test for which to prepare. Students who familiarize themselves with the format of the test and likely vocabulary words have a definite advantage over students who do not. Capitalizing on this fact, companies like The Princeton Review and Kaplan offer elaborate, expensive test-prep classes...