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...holy grail of pornography, though, has always been a machine that delivers a virtual experience so real that it is indistinguishable from sex, other than the fact that it isn't at all disappointing. Though prototypes have appeared in films (the Pleasure Organ in Barbarella, the Orgasmatron in Sleeper, the fembots in Austin Powers), reality has remained painfully elusive. In his 1991 book Virtual Reality, Howard Rheingold devoted an entire chapter to "teledildonics," his not-so-clever name for devices that allow people to have sex without being in the same area code. Rheingold imagines putting on a "diaphanous bodysuit...
...word is known. The search for a successor to silicon has become a kind of crusade; it is the Holy Grail of computation. Among physicists, the race to create the Silicon Valley for the next century has already begun. Some of the theoretical options being explored...
...would essentially rewrite the company's disclosure and marketing policies. Among the terms of the offer: Consumers would be able to purchase PCs with Windows operating systems and without Internet Explorer; the company would not require computer makers to promote Microsoft products over other companies' offerings; and the holy grail of code would finally see the light of day: Microsoft's proposal would provide universal access to the company?s application programming interfaces...
...testing resumes. But with the Navy determined to reopen its primary Atlantic combat training facility, this time there's no easy exit for Al Gore from the administration's line, because siding with the protesters means slapping down the military. The Latino vote has become something of a holy grail for presidential candidates in '90s - Democrats have been working hard throughout the decade to register and get out the Latino vote, regarding its as a core constituency that can keep the presidency in their hands for some time to come, while Governor Bush's popularity among Texan Latino voters...
...those days may be over. As with everything else in life, the Internet is offering unbeatable competition. For chess addicts, it offers the Holy Grail: encounters with an ever available supply of partners, instantly, 24/7...