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...David Borgenicht, 31, a Philadelphia writer, as he lay awake one night pondering exactly how to go about landing a pilotless plane. (Such conundrums plague Borgenicht. One of his earlier works is The Little Book of Stupid Questions.) He went looking for a partner in neurosis and found Joshua Piven, 28. The two have much in common: both are Philadelphians who went to the University of Pennsylvania, and both survived a formative experience with crime. A decade ago, shortly after moving from Utah to Philadelphia, the amiable Borgenicht was conned out of $500. And while on vacation in Jamaica, Piven...
...Joshua Cooper Ramo, World Editor
...Skulls, a recently released teeny-bopper thriller starring "Dawson's Creek" heart-throb Joshua Jackson, is supposedly based on the real Ivy League experiences of both the movie's director, Rob Cohen, and writer-producer, John Pogue. The movie delves into the world of elite "secret societies" at a generic Ivy League institution called Y University (although the shots of the unmistakably dingy streets of New Haven make the connection relatively simple, not to mention the school's blue and white colors and bulldog mascot...
TIME Digital editor Joshua Quittner agrees with CTF's premise. "In practical terms, banning sites is a pipe dream. There are so many ways to get around it." Apart from the impracticalities of trying to block international URLs from American computers, Quittner also sees the bill as a threat to basic freedoms. "I find it objectionable that the government would feel the need to act as a proxy in this way," he says. "This is exactly the kind of thing a totalitarian regime would undertake - in fact, it's exactly what the Chinese government has already done...
...wonder that JOSHUA QUITTNER found the TIME this week to edit the Ratnesar-Stein cover story, since he doubles as managing editor of TIME DIGITAL, our technology supplement, which in April becomes a free-standing monthly magazine available on newstands and by subscription (dial 1-800-444-3404). While computers and the Internet have opened new worlds for us, rapid change can be overwhelming. TIME DIGITAL offers a guide to where to go, what to do and how to do it. "Like TIME," says Quittner, "our goal is to separate the noise from the signal. There is so much information...