Word: picked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...these pieces together so that it's easy for users, and they don't have to move all their information around? We call this the personal Web. Instead of you going to a Web page and it deciding what you're interested in, you'll be able to pick pieces of information from different websites. You'll be able to create applications and programs that use that information. That will give you power to assemble news or find the best price for a product. You'll be in control of that experience. And companies like ours will provide services online...
...least five companies giving away PCs, five offering Internet access, a couple promising long-distance calls at zero cents a minute, three passing out voice-mail boxes, one seeking the privilege of doing your faxing and another that wants to give you postage. You want e-mail? Pick from a dozen companies that would love to be your no-cost provider. Once you're online with your free PC, you may want to trade stocks--American Express Brokerage will provide free trading for accounts over $100,000. Amex won't do your taxes, but H.D. Vest, another financial planner...
...reserve are involved in the trade. The reservation has an unemployment rate of almost 40%. "There are some big guys in it, maybe 100, but mostly it is kids or anyone else who needs money to fix a car or go on a date," says Little Tree. "They can pick up $500 for a few minutes' work...
There is a limit to the role playing. You cannot really choose your identity: you are a 10-year-old boy. You can pick any name when you assume the role of the child--your own, your friend's, your neighbor's. But one particular selection is volunteered: Ash, the name of the hero in the Pokemon TV series. He walks down from his room and, seeing his mother (a father is nowhere to be found), tells her he is departing on a quest. She replies, "Right. All boys leave home someday...
...didn't help. During a category called "Walken, Hopper or Keitel," we had to pick the actors who starred in a particular film. For Mother, Jugs & Speed, one contestant buzzed in with "Walken" and was pronounced wrong. Another answered incorrectly with "Hopper." Sensing a big opportunity, I rang in and proudly said, "Hopper," which was still wrong. Seeing this on videotape cemented my decision never to have children...