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...separated from the hardware. "PC compatibility" meant that anyone could build a box that ran Microsoft's Windows operating system, and that initially made many companies enormously successful, from Compaq to Dell. But it also created a race to the bottom as hardware makers were forced to continually offer consumers more bells and whistles for less money. At the same time, Microsoft's operating system, which had to support an enormous and diffuse ecosystem of computers, became increasingly clunky, hard to use and sedentary...
...Unfortunately, students’ antics deflect attention from their stated goals. Last week, SLAM interrupted University President Drew G. Faust’s lunch in Eliot dining hall to offer her a letter detailing their demands. And at FAS Dean Michael D. Smith’s town-hall meeting on the university’s budget, the group unfurled a banner that read, “Greed is the New Crimson.” Rather than encourage empathy for workers facing possible layoffs, these stunts drew criticism for their rudeness...
...Japan's offer to minority communities in need has spawned the ire of those whom it intends to help. It is one thing to be laid off in an economic crisis. It is quite another to be unemployed and to feel unwanted by the country where you've settled. That's how Freitas and other Brazilians feel since the Japanese government started the program to pay $3,000 to each jobless foreigner of Japanese descent (called Nikkei) and $2,000 to each family member to return to their country of origin. The money isn't the problem, the Brazilians...
...corn gets smashed in the truck, the whole case can't be displayed in the store. So DeHart takes the case, throws out the bad can, and auctions off the rest. If, say, a bag of Iams dog food gets ripped, DeHart will tape it and offer it at auction. "I wouldn't do that with human food," he says...
...your list is not much fun. You may get pumped shopping for shoes and new shirts, but who relishes the chance to buy relish? Sure, you can bid on frozen chicken pot pie over the eBay, but that's a pretty lonely endeavor. At the very least, these auctions offer another social outlet in tough times. "It's a fun experience," says Randy Zimmerman, a mother of seven from Holt. "We goof around with the auctioneers. People are having conversations throughout the auction - it's a real chance to meet new people...