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...about computers as metaphors. Today you have to be pretty memetic and rigorous about your computers; a substantial fraction of your audience will call you on it if you have cyberspace decks that are capable of shredding your brain because no one’s thought about putting a fuse in them...
...expect the voices of Muslim discontent to grow more assertive, not less. "Before this, people believed that Muslims were sleeping and would never wake up," says Yusef Hamdan, 23, a radio engineer in the Gaza Strip. "But the cartoons prove you can provoke the Muslim nation." Having lit the fuse of liberty in the Arab world, the U.S. has little choice now but to watch it burn...
...much of the Islamic world. In a show of solidarity for their journalistic brethren in Denmark, television stations and newspapers in other European countries have shown some or all of the drawings, the most controversial of which portrays Muhammad's headdress transformed into a bomb with a burning fuse. Their intention was to strike a blow for free speech, but by publishing the cartoons, Europe's media outlets were perceived by some Muslims to be willfully ignoring religious sensitivities, which fueled the anger even more. Yet the demands by Muslim leaders that European governments punish journalists who have...
...Although for the most part, video downloads are prepackaged 1 to 5 minutes TV clips, Sprint does outdo Verizon in a big way with its live programming. Fox News, NFL Network, Fashion TV and the Fuse music channel all offer live streams to the phone for continuous viewing. An extra Sprint Live TV subscription gives you even more continuous programming, from CSPAN, Discovery, TLC, Bloomberg and more...
...dialogue is time-filling conversation you might hear anywhere (but in a Hollywood movie). The film doesn't judge or prod its characters, just watches the long fuse of the plot dwindle, then explode. The "actors" bring an authenticity to this strip-mall, strip-mined area. Ashley is a student, Wilkins a beauty-salon stylist, and Doebereiner the manager of the Parkersburg, W.Va., Kentucky Fried Chicken. All are good, but Doebereiner's a real find. With eyes as blue as those her Martha presses into plastic doll faces, she brings a fresh look to a decent person who's addicted...