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Sitting in front of a laptop in his Littauer office last Tuesday, his finger occasionally perched over the mouse, Miron waited for the resignation e-mail from fellow MIT alum University President Lawrence H. Summers, who was one of Miron’s dissertation advisers...
...Carey has made her career peddling sentimental pop to teenyboppers and watered down R&B to the adult contemporary set—no self-respecting man belongs to either of those categories. And yet, at this very moment, “Mimi” is blaring from my laptop speakers, and I can’t tear myself away...
...thing about robbing banks is, you have to actually go somewhere (risking witnesses and cctv cameras) and steal things that have a real weight and presence, like jewels or money. These days, it's easier and safer by far to sit in some semi-tropical Margaritaville, fire up the laptop and do a bit of identity theft or credit card fraud. Banks are for those with eyes bigger than their brains. "Bank robbers," says Robinson, "are basically idiots. They went in and they found ?40 million sitting there and they got greedy. If they had taken ?4 million they could...
...about robbing banks is, you have to actually go somewhere (risking witnesses and closed-circuit-television cameras) and steal things that have a real weight and presence, like jewels or money. These days, it's easier and safer by far to sit in some semitropical Margaritaville, fire up the laptop and do a bit of identity theft or credit-card fraud. Banks are for those with eyes bigger than their brains. "Bank robbers," says Robinson, "are basically idiots. They went in, and they found 40 million sitting there, and they got greedy. If they had taken 4 million...
...prime seats and terrible seats in each cabin ... I started to post my observations on the Internet and there was immediate interest." Eight million visitors later and the site is providing seating information for 29 major carriers. SeatGuru.com uses color coding and icons to denote facilities such as laptop power connections and different types of entertainment systems, as well as to rate overall comfort level (based on factors like legroom, reclinability and noise...