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...world's first convincingly humanlike computer programs have been compared to the dramatic 1911 Amundsen-Scott race to the South Pole; but even that analogy falls short. For the rivalry between the two researchers is not merely personal (Brooks considered naming his robot Psych! just to get Lenat's goat) but deeply philosophical as well, straddling the almost theological schism that runs down the middle of contemporary...
...produced during his life-time. The ease with which Picasso crosses media is evident in these drypoint and line-etching pieces. "The Watering-Place" (1905) is a small, lyrical piece, with its hyper-sparse and beautifully interwoven lines. The bold, thick black lines of "Goat Skull on Table" (1952) appear as if carved into a weighty physical object...
...human population explosion has brought in hundreds of non-native plant and animal species that are threatening to devastate endemic life. Alcedo Volcano on Isabela Island--home to more than a third of all the Galapagos giant tortoises--is approaching ecological collapse as a result of an infestation of goats and burros. The goat population is so large (50,000 to 75,000) that between 100 and 150 kids are born every day. The goats knock down cacti and trees and munch on the vegetation on which the tortoises depend, while the burros trample the tortoise nests. Elsewhere on Isabela...
...customers who pack the Cyber Cafe in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood are there for more than just the coffee and goat-cheese sandwiches that seem to be available every other block in New York City. Instead, they are lured by the 40-megabyte computers that adorn every table, offering access to the Internet as well as to a community of fellow cybernauts. The Cyber Cafe is just one of three wired eateries to open in downtown Manhattan during the past few months--and one of at least 100 such establishments that have booted up around the country and overseas. Computer...
...anymore. I don't want to waste another second waiting at the checkout counter of the grocery store because the cash-machine network is down. I want to be online, not on line. Most of all, I want to read my E-mail without having to sacrifice a tethered goat...