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Think of a packet as the digital equivalent of a letter. You don't drop a letter into a mailbox like itself; you stick it into an envelope first. The packet is the packaging for your data, no matter what form...
...summer progressed without a word from the Times, and eventually I forgot about it. But returning from a family vacation in early August, I discovered a Federal Express letter in my mailbox from my employer, the editor-in-chief of the magazine. The letter was one of the most virulent things I have ever read: I was accused of slandering my job, mocking my responsibilities, denigrating my colleagues at the magazine and insulting my place of employment in a national newspaper. "Were you a full-time employee, this would get you fired--from here, and from almost any other editorial...
...resigned myself to sealing my meaningless envelope and trying to muster the excitement to drop it in the mailbox with the same panache with which I would have pulled the lever. I would love to believe that envelope is even going to be opened in time to make a difference in the outcome, but I know that it will...
...Media Studies Center, makes an obvious but often overlooked point: "We don't have an information explosion because people want more information. We have an information explosion because of the invention of technology that can bring everything to us in a second, whether it's in our computer mailbox or on our cable...
...group of women's sports coaches will also meet this morning to discuss the report, but it is not yet clear what action, if any, they will take. Yesterday morning, each coach received the report in his or her mailbox, marking the first time Harvard coaches have seen the Athletic Department's budget...