Word: mindedness
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In the '70s virtually all information relating to cryptography was under the control of the National Security Agency. With the rise of the PC and then the Internet, libertarian-leaning computer hackers realized how easily the government could eavesdrop on their data and how important it was to get cryptography...
I think that Americans, inflamed by television, are moving in the opposite direction - toward haragei and away from intelligent argument about anything. Television detests an open mind. An open mind is bad theater. What television wants is passion, vivid characters defined only by the positions that they hold, the ideas...
When Ashcroft comes back with his detailed responses, which Hatch is reportedly squeezing out of the nominee at breakneck speed, the committee will meet again to vote on the confirmation itself, and the debate will likely move to the Senate floor. And, if Kennedy and like-minded Democrats have anything...
However, there is a large difference between this year and the last time Tampa hosted the big game. Thanks to the civic-minded city council, the strip clubs that put the "wood" in Norwood can no longer offer lap dances to their patrons.
This is the real motive behind the country's single-minded devotion to the Internet. Three years ago, games like Lineage didn't exist. Even if they had, nobody had access to the high-speed broadband pipes needed to load their complex graphics. But South Korea's government has been...