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...newer model the point of the perception of pain is not the mid-point of the spinal cord but the brain itself. According to this theory, the pain impulse doesn t go through a gate. In fact, it doesn t go anywhere. It is produced where it is perceived: in the brain. The stimulus arriving from the sensory nerve alerts the brain, which produces the pain experience on its own. The pain perceptions are like the tracks on a record or compact disk, waiting to be "played." The arrival of the nerve stimulus, as Gawande writes, simply hits the play...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editor's Note: Nick of Time | 5/6/1999 | See Source »

Just the past Friday eBay experienced similar server problems, with auctions down for two hours (5:30 p.m. EDT to 7:30 p.m. EDT). Early eBay users are accustomed to service interruptions but millions of newer arrivals were left wondering if online auctions really are ready for prime-time. Furious users vented in online message boards like Auction Watch, while Kevin Pursglove, senior director for communications at eBay, told press, "We are always concerned when we have any downtime on the site... We are trying to respond as quickly as we can." On its own announcement board, eBay posted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: eBay Crash Halts Bidding for Five Hours | 5/4/1999 | See Source »

...call it WISH, there would be a lot of fun ways to publicize things," Chao said. "The newer generation wants WISH and the old generation is more attached...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Groups Ponder Name Change, Post-Radcliffe | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

Office 95 cannot read unconverted files from the newer program, and without access to Office 97, students cannot read their files from their personal computers...

Author: By Erica R. Michelstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Word, Excel No Longer Free on Harvard Network | 4/13/1999 | See Source »

...been joint ventures with other studios, which came up with the scripts. In television, DreamWorks has had some expensive failures (Ted Danson's Ink, for example) and only one solid hit: Spin City. In music, it has yet to strike gold. George Michael's DreamWorks debut was a disappointment. Newer acts on the label, such as Eels, Rufus Wainwright and Elliott Smith, have received strong reviews and, so far, have been non-starters on the Billboard charts. Geffen says financial success in music will follow the critics' cheers. "That's how you begin an artist's career," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Private Spielberg | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

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