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...granddaddy of custom audio software is SoundMaster, a piece of "shareware" for the Macintosh that can be downloaded free from CompuServe and other computer networks (a $15 contribution for the programmer is encouraged). SoundMaster can instruct a computer to cough whenever the machine requests a floppy disk, burp when it ejects a disk or bark when it launches a program. Soon after it was released, a lively trade sprang up at user-group meetings for bootleg sounds tape-recorded from the TV and digitized in home computers, from Bart Simpson saying, "Thanks, man" to Porky Pig stuttering, "That...
...this late, possibly terminal, date in the history of this genre, why ask? Of course Richard will be taught a chastening lesson. These movies, despite their voyeuristic promises, are essentially moral tracts. They instruct us that he or she who aspires to unearned material and erotic goodies will be punished, that happiness lies in perfect fidelity to one's mate and to hard, honest careerism. See enough of them and you begin to think Dan Quayle owes Hollywood an apology -- and that Michael Medved might consider cooling his jets...
...agency used simple phrases to make sure its clients could discriminate at will. If a firm wanted only Japanese workers, for example, it would instruct Interplace to have applicants "talk to Mariko." Other codes blocked blacks, Hispanics, men or women for certain work. The practice is disturbingly widespread. The EEOC is now pursuing actions against employment agencies in other states that use similar codes. Some go so far as to specify "no accents," meaning no minorities of any kind. Companies receiving this special service include Wall Street firms, insurance companies, manufacturers and at least one magazine publisher...
...groups nearly always divide strictly along gender lines): a lead rapper- singer named Speech, a deejay, another singer, a traditional African dancer and -- get this -- a 60-year-old spiritual adviser, who doesn't appear onstage with the group but draws on the lore of precolonial African societies to instruct them on maintaining their familial structure...
There are a number of other reasons which might make it difficult for women who have not experienced the trauma of past rape or abuse to say "no". The codes of the dominant culture instruct women to smooth over problems and to avoid making waves...