Word: instanteous
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...mind kept returning to an instant message conversation I had with a friend from school, a conversation which took place earlier in the month while checking my e-mail. “So what are you doing for the summer?” he asked as our conservation regressed into generic IM small talk. I proudly replied “ABSOLUTELY NOTHING” and continued to explain that my summer would be spent at home. Here, absolutely nothing actually meant a lot: I would commit to working a local job, writing for the WomenINColor play and wholly familiarizing myself...
...acted in self-defense; those on the Caroline, London claimed, were supporters of a rebellion against British rule in Canada. In an exchange of diplomatic notes, U.S. Secretary of State Daniel Webster argued that a nation could only justify such pre-emptive hostile action if there was a necessity "instant, overwhelming, leaving no choice of means and no moment for deliberation." Ever since, Webster's dictum has been regarded as a principle of international...
...happen in three years. Steven Spielberg's last movie, AI, was set in 2051, in a bipolar world: sleek surfaces and a carnival-carnivore underbelly. Now, in Minority Report, it's 2054, and the future is more recognizable: tomorrow, only more so. Copies of USA Today flash instant headlines as readers hold them. Cars race down vertical freeways on the facades of mile-high office buildings. On a Washington skid row, eyeless bums peddle the newest nose candy...
...first-years, we began trading AOL Instant Messenger screen names. A few at first. Not everyone knew what AIM was, but the instant messaging playing field was being readied for what later culminated in a huge battle between the world’s largest software giants—Microsoft and AOL Time-Warner. At college, AOL won that battle. And AIM changed the way we deal with one another...
...list goes on, and so does the obsession. According to AOL, high school and college students make up the majority of AIM users, and 1.25 billion instant messages are sent each day through AOL. Graduation farewell e-mails provide far more than just mailing addresses. Along with the expected @post e-mail addresses, we’re also trading screen names. E-mail presents the option of communication, but instant messaging encourages it. If for no other reason than this, we’re bound to be the most in-touch Harvard alumni...