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...years, thinking it should be pretty simple. Not only was connectivity more complicated than he thought, it was also extremely costly to create the software needed for full Web browsing. So instead, they came up with the idea of limited access for passengers, partnering with Yahoo and Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry. "If we just give people e-mail, that would solve 90% of the problem and would be one-tenth of the cost," Neeleman says. Full Web access would have been so expensive that the airline would have had to charge passengers to use it. "Nobody cares...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BlackBerrys on a Plane | 12/7/2007 | See Source »

Newton’s first law states that an object in motion stays in motion. Harvard women’s fencing team has yet to defy it. Chugging along with nothing to stop it, the Crimson capped off its fall season last night with a 21-6 victory over Tufts at the Malkin Athletic Center. The foil and sabre fencers continued the dominance its shown all season, going 9-0 and 8-1, respectively, while the epee lost its final bout to fall 5-4. Despite fatigue from a nine-match week, last night was a relief for the fencers...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Finishes Fall Season With Authority | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

...stars: Mike Gansey, a shooting guard who might not have been able to dunk but sure could shoot, and Kevin Pittsnogle, a 6’11 forward who could pass and shoot the trey. Their offense, though it hoisted more than its share of threes, was primarily based on motion and passing. X’s and O’s over athleticism.Right now, it seems, Beilein doesn’t have the right players for his system. He has Amaker’s players, including a guy (DeShawn Sims) who jumped so high on Saturday he hurt his face...

Author: By Harvard news agency, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: THE ROUNDTABLE: Harvard beats Michigan: So What? | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

...face the issue of how the conversation about the Israel-Palestine issue in particular has been shut down, the principle of “free speech” will remain an empty, abstract principle. With my motion, I did not ask my colleagues to agree with me about Israel or even about the disadvantages of the dearth of high-ranking minorities on the Faculty Council and in the University administration—another major obstacle to dialogue among a necessary range of perspectives about University policy and practice. I asked them, as my partners in the pursuit of truth...

Author: By J. lorand Matory | Title: Orwellian Uses of ‘Free Speech’ | 11/30/2007 | See Source »

...translator was needed between Azerbaijani singer Alim Qasimov and the rest of the Silk Road Ensemble once they began playing together. When Qasimov, wanted to cue the other musicians to add new segments, he would mimic the motion of playing an instrument, and together the ensemble began smoothing the gaps between movements. In an age where everything seems to be inter-something (international, interdisciplinary, intercultural) it’s surprising that the world has not been blended into one big smudge. Although the Silk Road Project falls under the category of “inter...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Why Did the Cellist Cross the Silk Road? | 11/30/2007 | See Source »

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