Word: piped
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...have no experience in any field that would be of much use to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. And yet, more recently than I would like to admit, I wanted to be an FBI agent. I knew it was a pipe dream. I'm an English concentrator, not a forensics expert. Nevertheless, I've found out that I'm not alone. It seems from two years of informal conversation with my fellow undergrads that lot of Harvard students want to join the top dogs of law enforcement. Even Harvard students who wouldn't dream of owning...
...Enron's bet is simple: supply and demand will increase exponentially, turning bandwidth into a tradable commodity, just like gas and electricity. Along the way, why not partner with companies such as Blockbuster and use this new technology to offer content--like movies--and blow it through existing, underutilized pipe? "They are jump-starting an application [telecom content] with a potential market of $200 billion a year," says Tom Nolle, president of the telecom consulting firm CIMI...
Despite all Wall Street's enthusiasm for Enron's bold plans, there are still plenty of skeptics. Critics point out that there is barely a market today for the company's bandwidth trading exchange. They also stress that pushing digital signals through pipe is a world away from routing natural gas. Although there is plenty of cable across the country, carriers are not set up to mix and match access to it. "It's a very, very difficult concept," says Nolles. Even the Blockbuster venture is risky: technology aside, there is also the highly political question of digital rights...
...early morning hours Saturday, the people are still working. They are making goats' heads out of cardboard. They are soaking rags in vinegar to protect against tear gas. They are making peanut costumes to mock money politics. They are filling water balloons with paint. From wire, chain and pipe, they are making tools to shut down Philadelphia...
Eight were chained together by devices called "sleeping dragons," two-foot long lengths of PVC pipe covered with a thick layer of duct tape. Inside each tube was a bolt and chain which locked protesters' wrist together inside the pipe...